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Apples

//ˈæp.(ə)lz// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Nice, fine. Australia, Australian, not-comparable, slang

    "Day like today, perfect. Wind's right, sea's easy, everything's apples. Anybody can sail today."

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Apple form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of apple form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Clipping of apple and pears or apples and pears (“stairs”). Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang
  4. 4
    Testicles. plural, plural-only, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of apple form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

* (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears. * (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.

Etymology 2

* (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears. * (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.

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