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snap-apple
snap-apple n.
Brit. 
/ˈsnapapl/
, /ˈsnapapl/U.S. /ˈsnæpˌæp(ə)l/
(see quot. 1823)./ˈsnæpˌæp(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > catching raisins, etc., in mouth
chop-cherry1561
flap-dragon1601
bob-apple1681
snapdragon1704
bob-cherry1741
snap-apple1823
bob-a-cherry1899
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 371 Snap apple, a mirth exciting frolic; in which catching..an apple in your mouth, while twirling on a stick suspended on its centre, with a candle at the other end of it, is the jest of the sport.
1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Oct. 583 Who's for snap-apple?
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