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apple-sauce

apple-sauce is the alternative spelling of applesauce.

Meaning of applesauce

Noun

applesauce (countable and uncountable, plural applesauces)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
    Synonyms:
    codswallop

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Questions about apple-sauce

What is apple-sauce the alternative spelling of?
Apple-sauce is the alternative spelling of applesauce.

Words near apple-sauce in the dictionary

  1. apple-polishers
  2. apple-polishes
  3. apple-polishing
  4. apple-red
  5. apple-reds
  6. apple-sauce
  7. apple-scented mint
  8. apple-shaped
  9. apple-squire
  10. apple-squires
  11. apple-tree

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