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noun
An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the relatively common misusage of apostrophes seen on the placards used at greengroceries.
Across languages
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