Meaning of horse apples | Babel Free

Definitions

Horse excrement.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Turn right and go uphill on a wide trail that is pleasant despite being chopped up by hooves and made aromatic by horse apples.”

“The string somehow went unnoticed among the horse apples. One end of the twine sank its tail deeply into the mire and froze there, resisting all your efforts to pull it out.”

“When everyone was seated, the Mayor said, “What will you do about the horse apples?” ¶ “Um,” Mom said. ¶ “I don’t want poop left all over my streets.” ¶ “What?” I was confused. ¶ “Horse apples,” the Mayor said. ¶ “You know. Horse poop.””

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