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horse apples

horse apples is the plural of horse apple.

Noun

horse apples pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Horse excrement.
    • Turn right and go uphill on a wide trail that is pleasant despite being chopped up by hooves and made aromatic by horse apples.2003, Douglas Lorain, “Milo McIver State Park Loop”, in Laura Shauger, editor, Afoot & Afield Portland/Vancouver: A comprehensive hiking guide, Wilderness Press, →ISBN, page 402
    • The string somehow went unnoticed among the horse apples. One end of the twine sank its tail deeply into the mire and froze there, resisting all your efforts to pull it out.2009, Gwen Petersen, edited by Margret Aldrich, EVERYTHING I Know About Life I Learned From MY HORSE, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 182

Questions about horse apples

What does horse apples mean?
Horse apples means horse excrement.
What is horse apples the plural of?
Horse apples is the plural of horse apple.
What part of speech is horse apples?
Horse apples is a noun.

Words near horse apples in the dictionary

  1. horse and rabbit stew
  2. horse and rabbit stews
  3. horse ant
  4. horse ants
  5. horse apple
  6. horse apples
  7. horse archer
  8. horse archers
  9. horse armor
  10. horse around
  11. horse artilleries

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