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名詞

applanche (plural applanches)

1. (informal, nonce word, rare) A large number of apples falling down like an avalanche.
   • 2007 June 18, Stuart Eskenazi, “At 100 years, Pike Place Market holds fast to its character”, in The Seattle Times‎, archived from the original on February 8, 2023:

     The Show of Granny Smiths carries an "Applanche" warning. "Pull one of those babies out and the whole thing goes down," says Coco Vaughan, a Manzo Brothers hawker.

   • 2013 January 2, Don Blattner, Lisa Blattner Howerton, “Nutrition”, in Health, Wellness, and Physical Fitness, Grades 5 - 12‎, Mark Twain Media, →ISBN, page 44:

     APPLANCHE WARNING!! — PLEASE — DO NOT HANDLE... THANKS

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:applanche.