pippin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pippin/ˈpɪpɪn/
▶noun
- 1 a red and yellow dessert apple.
- 2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. an excellent person or thing.
– origin ME: from OFr. pepin, of unknown ultimate origin.
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