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apple-dumpling shop en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of apple dumpling shop.
   alt of apple dumpling shop
   • You’re neither of you exactly what you’d call short in the apple-dumpling shop. 2000, Aishling Morgan, “1898”, in Devon Cream, London: Nexus, →ISBN:
   • In her letter she said she ‘opened up the old apple-dumpling shop’ for one more night and got it. In one night, Nina – over twelve pounds! 1988, Malcolm Ross, chapter 33, in A Notorious Woman, London: Piatkus, →ISBN, page 298:
   • His reply was to free her breasts and bend down to press his face into her apple-dumpling shop, noting that her nipples were rock-hard and her bosom all warm and soft. 1989, Dewey Lambdin, chapter 8, in The King’s Coat, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:
   • One of the women servants passed through a corner of the court, and Norris paused to scrutinize her ample proportions with an interested eye, giving special attention to what an architect would call the front elevation. “How would you like to drop a hand into that apple-dumpling shop, Mr. Topp?” he asked. 1944, Thomas B[ertram] Costain, “Book II: The Peninsula”, in Ride With Me, Chicago, Ill.: Consolidated Book Publishers, section 1, page 162:

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