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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. Source: ecdict

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Shakespeare apple-john apple appears content henry III invented like lost majority old preserved seth shriveled term thus water withered wrinkled

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apple-jack apple-scented apple-shaped apple-sized

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