bitter apple


Origin of bitter apple

1
First recorded in 1860–65

Words Nearby bitter apple

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How to use bitter apple in a sentence

  • Schweckerle had to bite into a bitter apple several times, as one after another of his children faithlessly abandoned him.

British Dictionary definitions for bitter apple

bitter apple

noun
  1. another name for colocynth

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