Johnˈ-apple noun

A kind of apple, apple-John

John Barleycorn noun

Malt spirits personified

John Bircher noun (US)

A member of the extreme right-wing anti-communist John Birch Society

johnˈboat noun (US)

A light flat-bottomed boat with square ends

John Bull noun

A generic name for an Englishman, from Arbuthnot(t)'s History of John Bull, 1712

John Bullism noun

The typical English character, or any act or word expressive of it

John Canoe noun see separate entry.

John Chinaman noun (derogatory)

1. A Chinese man
2. (collectively) the Chinese

John Citizen noun

A typical citizen

John Collins noun

An alcoholic long drink based on gin

John Company noun (obsolete)

The East India Company

John Doe, Jane Doe noun

Names for unidentified male and female characters, esp in US detective stories, films

John Doe and Richard Roe noun

Imaginary plaintiff and opponent in the old legal action for ejectment, proverbial as a legal fiction

John Dory see dory¹

Johnˈ-go-to-bed-at-noon noun

The goat's-beard (because it closes early in the day)

John Hancock noun (US inf)

A signature (from John Hancock, signatory of the Declaration of Independence)

John Hop noun (old Aust and NZ rhyming sl for cop)

A policeman

John Kanoo see John Canoe

Johnnˈy-cake noun

(also without cap) a flat cake made from maize flour (US) or wheat flour (Aust)

Johnny-come-lateˈly noun

(also without cap) an upstart

Johnny-headˈ-in-air or John o'dreams noun

A dreamy, impractical person

Johnnˈy-raw noun

1. A beginner
2. A greenhorn

Johnny Reb noun (US inf)

A Confederate soldier in the Civil War

John Thomas noun (slang)

The penis

apple /apˈl/

noun

1. A tree (Malus domestica) of the rose family, closely related to the pear-tree
2. The firm round edible fruit of this tree
3. Any of various other fruits (eg pineapple, custard apple) or even galls (oak-apple)
4. The wood of the apple tree
5. The fruit of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden (Bible)

appˈle-blight noun

American blight, a woolly substance produced by an aphid that infests apple trees

appˈle-blossom noun

apple butter noun

A kind of spread made from stewed apples, sugar and spices

appˈle-cart noun

apple-cheekedˈ adjective

Having full red cheeks

appˈle-jack noun (US)

Apple brandy, distilled from fermented apple juice

appˈle-John noun (Shakespeare, etc)

A variety of apple considered to be in perfection when shrivelled and withered (also John-appˈle)

appˈle-knocker noun (N Am inf)

1. A picker or seller of apples
2. A coarse or dull-witted person

apple of discord noun

Any cause of envy and contention, after the golden apple (in Greek mythology) inscribed ‘for the fairest’, thrown among the gods by Eris, goddess of discord, and claimed by Aphrodite, Pallas and Hera

apple of Sodom or Dead Sea apple noun

1. A fruit described by the ancients as fair to look upon but turning to ashes when touched, variously thought to be a gall, or the fruit of an asclepiad Calotropis procera
2. By botanists applied to the poisonous green-pulped fruit of Solanum sodomaeum
3. Any fair but disappointing thing

apple of the eye noun

1. The pupil of the eye
2. Something or someone especially dear

apple-pieˈ noun

A pie made with apples and usu a pastry crust

adjective

Expressing, containing, or typical of, traditionally-upheld and revered American values

apple-pie bed noun

A bed prepared as a practical joke, eg with sheets doubled up, so as to be impossible or painful to get into

apple-pie order noun

Perfect order

apple polisher noun (N Am inf)

A sycophant

apple sauce noun

A sauce of stewed apples served esp with roast pork

appˈle-squire noun (obsolete)

1. A prostitute's attendant
2. A man kept by a woman as a concubine

apple strudel /strooˈdl/ noun

A sweet pastry containing apples, spices, etc

appˈle-wife or appˈle-woman noun (archaic)

A woman who sells apples at a stall

apples and pears (rhyming sl; often shortened to apples)

Stairs

bad (or rotten) apple

A person likely to have a negative influence on others in a group

she's apples (Aust inf)

Everything is just fine, in good order

the Big Apple

(also the Apple) see under big¹

upset the apple-cart

To throw plans into confusion