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rotten apples

rotten apples is the plural of rotten apple.

Meaning of rotten apple

Noun

rotten apple (plural rotten apples)

  1. (idiomatic) A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others.
    • Near-synonym: bad egg

Questions about rotten apples

What is rotten apples the plural of?
Rotten apples is the plural of rotten apple.

Words near rotten apples in the dictionary

  1. rotted off
  2. rotted through
  3. rottedness
  4. rotten
  5. rotten apple
  6. rotten apples
  7. rotten borough
  8. rotten boroughs
  9. rotten egg
  10. rotten egg gas
  11. rotten eggs

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