English Explanatory Dictionary

apple-knocker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. rustic; yokel; rube

Word forms

apple-knocker apple-knockers

Etymology

From apple + knocker, suggesting a person who knocks apples from the trees to harvest them.

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