apple saucey

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From apple sauce +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

apple saucey (comparative more apple saucey, superlative most apple saucey)

  1. Alternative form of applesaucey.
    • 1972 March 8, Hattiesburg American[1], volume LXXVII, number 59, Hattiesburg, Miss.:
      A tisket, a tasket-apple saucey lamb or basket / All it takes to transform a flavorful yet quick apple sauce chocolate cake into an Easter basket or lamb is a little imagination or a mold—take your pick for your holiday table.
    • 1974 April 3, The Daily Item, volume XXXVII, number 79, Sunbury, Pa., page 36:
      OCEAN SPRAY — (24) 16-Oz. Cans / APPLE SAUCEY
    • 1977 October 1, Elsie Edwards, “Apple Saucey Subject For Science Students At Johnson School”, in The Evening Telegram, Rocky Mount, N.C., page 12:
      Apple Saucey Subject For Science Students At Johnson School [] Also included in the unit is the making of applesauce and planting apple seeds.
    • 1978 November 20, The Daily Dispatch, 101st year, number 112, Moline, Ill., page 30:
      FEAST ON OUR DELICACIES!!!! [] APPLE SAUCEY BUNGALOW!!! [] HOT BUTTERED VIENNA BREAD
    • 1996, Carol Gelles, 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes[2], Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2015, →ISBN:
      This tart started out as a chutney recipe, but the texture was too fruity, almost like apple saucey—not great for chutney, but stupendous nevertheless.