snow apple

noun

1. Fameuse.

snow apple

noun

1. a Canadian variety of eating apple

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow apple¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Officials at what’s now the Robert Frost Stone House Museum in Shaftsbury say the birch and snow apple trees came crashing down on May 6.

From Seattle Times

Officials at what’s now the Robert Frost Stone House Museum in Shaftsbury say the birch and snow apple trees came crashing down on May 6.

From Washington Times

You don't have to think hard to think of a few, of variable accuracy: that the UK is immigrants' primary destination in Europe; Britain can't deal with a bit of snow; Apple's Maps are terrible; Google's social network Google+ is a ghost town.

From The Guardian

How uneek it will be to see the old snow apple tree turned into a lumber wagon, and the pound sweet into a corn house, and the maples in front of the house you might have a couple on ’em turned into a Goddess of Liberty and a statter of Justice, you are such a hand for them two females,” sez he.

From Project Gutenberg

Bell Merryweather, a sturdy, blue-eyed girl with the general aspect of a snow apple, greeted the guests with a hearty shake of a powerful hand, and a cordial smile.

From Project Gutenberg