applesauce
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See also: apple-sauce and apple sauce
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- apple sauce (UK)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
applesauce (countable and uncountable, plural applesauces)
- (American spelling) Alternative spelling of apple sauce.
- 1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona, page 101:
- Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night.
- (slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
Synonyms[edit]
- (nonsense): codswallop, hooey, malarkey; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
apple sauce — see apple sauce
Interjection[edit]
applesauce!
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
nonsense
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