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apples en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈæp.(ə)lz/ (Australia) audio ăpʹ(ə)lz
Meanings
(form-of, plural) plural of apple
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apples en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈæp.(ə)lz/ (Australia) audio ăpʹ(ə)lz
Meanings
(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of apple
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apples en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology * (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears.
* (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.
Meanings
(Australia, Australian, not-comparable, slang) Nice, fine.
Day like today, perfect. Wind's right, sea's easy, everything's apples. Anybody can sail today. 1988, Sandra Dengler, Code of Honor (Australian Destiny Book #1)
Deriveds
how do you like them apples · she'll be apples · she's apples
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apples en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology * (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears.
* (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.
Meanings
(Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang) Clipping of apple and pears or apples and pears (“stairs”).
(plural, plural-only, slang) Testicles.
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