road apple

road apple

slang A piece of horse feces; a horse dropping. The trail was littered with road apples, as many people take their horses up this way. We were so poor that we had to go around collecting road apples so we could dry them and use them for fuel.
See also: apple, road
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

road apple

n. a lump of horse excrement. (see also alley apple.) There must be horses around here. I see road apples.
See also: apple, road
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • get on (one's) horse
  • get on horse
  • get on one’s horse
  • back the wrong horse
  • rush (one's) fences
  • rush your fences
  • each way
  • Run for the Roses
  • (one had) better get on (one's) horse
  • better get on my horse
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