Slack-ma-girdlen.
/ˈslakməˈɡəːd(ə)l/ A variety of cider apple (see quots.).
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1885 R. Hogg & H. G. Bull Herefordshire Pomona List of other Cider Apples, Slack-My-Girdle, or Slack-my-girl.—A striped Somersetshire apple of large size. It is also much grown in Devonshire.
1967 Punch 31 May 804/2 Vintage varieties of [cider] apples (with names such as Dabinett, Woodbine, Slack-Ma-Girdle, Hangdown, Sheep's Nose) can be used for no other purpose.
1981 Countryman LXXXVI. iii. 42 Others..use only true cider apples, from trees with names as evocative as..Slack-ma-Girdle.
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