applesauce

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applesauce

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From apple + sauce.

noun applesauces · apple sauce

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of apple sauce Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night.
  2. US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.

    Similar: codswallop

Similar: hooey, malarkey

interjection applesauce! · apple sauce

  1. US, dated, slang Nonsense!

    Similar: fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one

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noun

Similar: hooey, malarkey

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noun nonsense

Françaisbalivernes

intj nonsense

Françaisbalivernes!

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"applesauce." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/applesauce. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

applesauce. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/applesauce

Chicago

"applesauce." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/applesauce.

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@misc{applesauce_2026,
  title = {applesauce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/applesauce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}