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A preserved apple which has lost the majority of its water content and thus appears wrinkled and shriveled. It was a term invented by Shakespeare, not Seth MacFuckingFarlane. > “I am withered like an old apple-john.” Sha…

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  1. A preserved apple which has lost the majority of its water content and thus appears wrinkled and shriveled. It was a term invented by Shakespeare, not Seth MacFuckingFarlane. > “I am withered like an old apple-john.” Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV. iii. 3.