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Slack-ma-girdle|ˈslækməˈgɜːd(ə)l|
Also Slack-my-girdle.
[f. phr. slack my girdle: cf. slack v. 6.]
A variety of cider apple (see quots.).
1885Hogg & Bull Herefordshire Pomona, List of other Cider Apples, Slack-My-Girdle, or Slack-my-girl.—A striped Somersetshire apple of large size. It is also much grown in Devonshire. 1967[see hang-down n. and a.]. 1981Countryman LXXXVI. iii. 42 Others..use only true cider apples, from trees with names as evocative as..Slack-ma-Girdle. |