road apple
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Etymology edit
Probably with reference to the supposed similarity to rotten apples.
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Noun edit
road apple (plural road apples)
- (slang, dated, often in the plural) Horse manure, especially when deposited on a road.
- Synonym: street apple
- 1964, P. S. Martin, F. W. Sharrock, “Pollen Analysis of Prehistoric Human Feces: A New Approach to Ethnobotany”, in American Antiquity, volume 30, number 2, page 171:
- Samples 7–12 contained coarsely chewed plant material; several closely resembled the "road apples" of horse and burro.
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road apple
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