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applesauce — n. 1. 1 puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced. Syn: apple sauce [WordNet 1.5] 2. nonsensical talk or writing. Syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish wash. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
applesauce — (n.) by 1739, American English, from APPLE (Cf. apple) + SAUCE (Cf. sauce). Slang meaning nonsense is attested from 1921 and was noted as a vogue word early 1920s. Mencken credits it to cartoonist T.A. ( Tad ) Dorgan. DAS suggests the word was… … Etymology dictionary
applesauce — [ap′əlsôs΄] n. 1. a dessert or relish made of apples cooked to a pulp in water or, sometimes, puréed in a blender ☆ 2. Slang nonsense; hokum … English World dictionary
applesauce — n. nonsense. □ Don’t give me that applesauce. I know better. □ That’s just applesauce! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Applesauce! — int Nonsense! Applesauce! The New York Yankees won the 1937 World Series. 1920s … Historical dictionary of American slang
applesauce cake — noun moist spicy cake containing applesauce • Hypernyms: ↑cake … Useful english dictionary
applesauce — noun Date: 1704 1. a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened 2. slang bunkum, nonsense … New Collegiate Dictionary
applesauce — /ap euhl saws /, n. 1. apples stewed to a soft pulp and sometimes sweetened or spiced with cinnamon. 2. Slang. nonsense; bunk. [1730 40; APPLE + SAUCE] * * * … Universalium
applesauce — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. hokum, baloney. seenonsense II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock,… … English dictionary for students
applesauce — n. stewed and sweetened apples; (slang) nonsense … English contemporary dictionary
