APPLEKNOCKER


Meaning of APPLEKNOCKER in English

/ap"euhl nok'euhr/ , n. Slang.

1. Northern U.S. a rustic.

2. a farm laborer, esp. a fruit picker.

[ 1910-15; APPLE + KNOCKER; from the practice of picking apples by knocking them from trees ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .