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pippin

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Noun

HYPHEN

pip=pin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pippin has 1 sense

pippin(n = noun.food) - any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red;

is a kind of

dessert apple

eating apple

has particulars: cox's orange pippin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pippin, n. [Probably fr. OE. pippin a seed, as being raised from the seed. See Pip a seed.].

An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple. [1913 Webster]

"We will eat a last year's pippin." [1913 Webster]

Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pippin, n.
1 a an apple grown from seed. b a red and yellow dessert apple.
2 colloq. an excellent person or thing; a beauty.

Etymology

ME f. OF pepin, of unkn. orig.

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THESAURUS

pippin

ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey, humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, peach, pip, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz

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