apple turnover
n.— «It took a slew of Pistons mistakes—the always colorful Rasheed Wallace referred to them as “apple turnovers”—in order for the Heat to escape with a close Game 2 win at home.» —“Heat haven’t shown they can win” by A. Sherrod Blakely in Auburn Hills Mlive.com (Mich.) May 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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