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Apple scruff

noun

Etymology

After Apple Corps (a pun on apple core).

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of devoted Beatles fans who congregated outside the Apple Corps building…

    Any of a group of devoted Beatles fans who congregated outside the Apple Corps building and at the gates of Abbey Road Studios in London during the late 1960s, in the hope of seeing or interacting with one of the band members.

    • We raced up the steps past the Apple scruffs and on into the office.
    • An Apple scruff named Diane Ashley once broke into Paul’s house and took clothes, pictures, and other items.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Apple scruff

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