Ribston pippin

English

Alternative forms

Ribstone pippin

Etymology

Named after Ribston in Yorkshire, where Sir Henry Goodricke (1642-1705) first introduced them.

Noun

Ribston pippin (plural Ribston pippins)

A triploid cultivar of winter apple with firm flesh and a yellow skin streaked with red.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 55
  […] that the officiating clerk peeled and ate three Ribstone pippins while it was performing.

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