ap·ple·sauce

[ap-uhl-saws]
noun
1.
apples stewed to a soft pulp and sometimes sweetened or spiced with cinnamon.
2.
Slang. nonsense; bunk.

Origin:
1730–40; apple + sauce

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Word Origin & History

applesauce
by 1739, Amer.Eng., from apple + sauce. Slang meaning "nonsense" is attested from 1921 and was noted as a vogue word early 1920s. Mencken credits it to cartoonist T.A. ("Tad") Dorgan. DAS suggests the word was thus used because applesauce was cheap fare served in boardinghouses.
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Applesauce is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Slang Dictionary

applesauce definition


  1. n.
    nonsense. : That's just applesauce!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Melt butter and place in a medium bowl with the applesauce.
My diet would soon include, once again, cupcakes and macaroni and applesauce.
The processed applesauce was aseptically packed into plastic cups and stored at
  room temperature.
Swallow the mixture of applesauce or apple juice and medication right away
  without chewing or crushing the granules.
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