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Pippin

pip·pin

US/ˈpɪpɪn/ rare dated slang

noun

1.

any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

Origin

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

Phrases

  • Normandy pippin
  • pippin file
  • Ribston pippin
  • Ribstone pippin

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