A historical term for a person who harvested or dealt in apples, combining 'apple' with 'drain' or drudge; used in medieval England to describe manual laborers in orchards.
From Old English 'appel' (apple) and 'drane' or 'drain' (a laborer or servant who performed menial work). The term evolved during the Middle Ages to describe orchard workers, reflecting the labor-intensive nature of apple cultivation.
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