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applesauce

[ ap-uh l-saws ]SEE DEFINITION OF applesauce

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The baked apple should be given without cream, and the applesauce should have very little sugar.

WORD ORIGIN

by 1739, American English, 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.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR APPLESAUCE

absurdity

nounridiculous situation or behavior

bunk

nounnonsense
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