<span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span>, applebox Presumably originally used to transport <span class="searchmatch">apples</span>. <span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">boxes</span>) (US) A wooden <span class="searchmatch">box</span> measuring 12 × 20 × 8 inches. 1913...
<span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">boxes</span>) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">box</span>. 1910, British Columbia Fruit-Growers' Association, Annual Report - Issues 20-27, page 56:...
<span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">boxes</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">boxes</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">box</span>...
(Erwinia amylovora) <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> blossom <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> blossom weevil (Anthonomus pomorum) <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> bobbing <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> borer <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">box</span>, <span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span> <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> brandy <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> brown tortrix...
<span class="searchmatch">box</span> (noun, etymology 1) airbox <span class="searchmatch">apple</span>-<span class="searchmatch">box</span> archive <span class="searchmatch">box</span> ballot <span class="searchmatch">box</span> bandbox bento <span class="searchmatch">box</span> bitty <span class="searchmatch">box</span> black <span class="searchmatch">box</span> blue <span class="searchmatch">box</span> <span class="searchmatch">box</span> tent brain <span class="searchmatch">box</span> CAAT <span class="searchmatch">box</span> cable <span class="searchmatch">box</span> cacher...
Popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald in horse-racing articles in the 1920s - an <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> being a treat for a horse, and New York being a prize location for horse-racing...
custard <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> (plural custard <span class="searchmatch">apples</span>) Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona: A bullock's heart (Annona reticulata); A soursop (Annona muricata;...
candy <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> (plural candy <span class="searchmatch">apples</span>) (US) An <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> with a hard sugar candy coating. Synonym: (chiefly UK) toffee <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> with a hard sugar candy coating...
See also: sugar-<span class="searchmatch">apple</span> sugar-<span class="searchmatch">apple</span> sugar <span class="searchmatch">apple</span> (plural sugar <span class="searchmatch">apples</span>) Sweetsop, Annona squamosa, a West Indian tree or its fruit. sweetsop...