alley apple
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1. Horse manure. Watch out for alley apples on the trail—a lot of people ride horses there. If you're going down to pet the horses, keep an eye out for alley apples, hmm? Is no one going to pick up these alley apples?
2. A loose brick or rock found in the street. Look at all these alley apples—when are they going to repave the street? Maybe we can just fix this brick wall if we find all the alley apples that have come out of it. This is a fairly wealthy part of town, so I don't understand why the roads are so bad. I'm constantly swerving around alley apples!
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alley apple
1. n. a piece of horse manure. (see also road apple.) The route of the parade was littered with alley apples after about twenty minutes.
2. n. a brick or stone found in the rubble of the streets. Kelly kicked an alley apple so that it struck a garbage can with a crash.
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