applesaucey
applesaucey adjective: resembling or characteristic of applesauce.
Adjective
applesaucey (comparative more applesaucey, superlative most applesaucey)
- Resembling or characteristic of applesauce.
- I can’t help wishing that my hillside had some evergreens—the graceful hemlock, for instance, mixed with the lacework of the leafless maples and birches, the bolder outlines of the hickories and chestnuts, the brown of the oaks and yellow of the willows—but I can shut my eyes and see them in fancy...1888 February 25, Celia B. Whitehead, “Out-Door Rest for Housekeepers”, in The Woman’s Journal, volume XIX, number 8, Boston, Mass., page 60, column 3
- She was a good seventy, had frizzy, applesaucey hair that was bright red, and she smoked cigars—not Tiparillos.1969, Jane Trahey, Pecked to Death by Goslings, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., →LCCN, page 18
- With applesauce.
- An apple sauce-y dessert, that’s a hearty finale for meals of the soup-and-salad (or sandwich) class, is Steamed Apple Dumplings. […] Dumplings, neatly spiced with nutmeg, are dropped into bubbling apple sauce, and steamed until they’re plumpish and feather-light.1942 February 17, Prudence Penny [pseudonym], “Apple Dishes Are Economical”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume CLXXVI, number 48, San Francisco, Calif., page 16
- Apple Sauce-y Notes. For a quick and easy dessert and one that’s most delicious, too, blend sweetened whipped cream with ready-to-use apple sauce, swirl into sherbert glasses, and drop another spoonful of whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top.1952 April 3, Shreveport Journal, volume 57, Shreveport, La., section C, page ten
Examples of applesaucey in a sentence
- With a buzz-saw groan that vibrates in the pits of onlookers’ stomachs, the machine grinds the washed apples, then spews the applesaucey pulp through a large hose.1978 October 17, Marie McCullough, “At The Cider Mill, they put the squeeze on October”, in The Evening Press, Binghamton, N.Y., page 1-B:
- Rounding out the list is Schweinsfüße, or ham hocks, which are at their best when crisply fried and smothered in sauerkraut or Apfelrotkohl (a sort of applesaucey-kraut mess).1995, Berkeley students in cooperation with the Associated Students of the University of California, Germany & Austria on the Loose, 1995...
- Like the businessman who stomped applesaucey slush from his shoes on his way into Main Place Mall, and grunted: / “This is why I have my travel agent on speed-dial.”1996 January 21, Lauri Githens, “Cry of the snow-weary: Get us outta here!”, in The Buffalo News, Buffalo, N.Y., page E-1:
- The Macs are crumbly, they will be sort of "applesaucey" in the pie, and the granny smiths and the galas will hold their shape, and the blend of sweet and tart apples is pleasant.2001 May 7, CatMandy99, “"ApplePieFilling" ??? What would you use ???”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Nov...
Forms of applesaucey
| comparative | more applesaucey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most applesaucey |
| alternative form | apple saucey |
| alternative form | applesauce-y |
| alternative form | applesaucy |
Origin of applesaucey
From applesauce + -y.
Questions about applesaucey
- What does applesaucey mean?
- Applesaucey means resembling or characteristic of applesauce.
- How do you use applesaucey in a sentence?
- With a buzz-saw groan that vibrates in the pits of onlookers’ stomachs, the machine grinds the washed apples, then spews the applesaucey pulp through a large hose.
- What part of speech is applesaucey?
- Applesaucey is an adjective.
Words near applesaucey in the dictionary
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