hand fruit
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Noun[edit]
hand fruit (countable and uncountable, plural hand fruits)
- Fruit that are normally eaten from the hand, like apples or bananas.
- 1887, F. A. Benson, “Table supplies and economics.”, in Good Housekeeping[1], volume 5, number 11, page 272:
- Dealers divide fruit into three sorts–hand fruit, table fruit, and preserving fruit. Hand fruit is that not particularly selected, but of a quality to be eaten from the hand; …