Washington pie

American  

noun

1. a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.

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Etymology

Origin of Washington pie

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

This filling may be used not only for pie, but for cake, cream puffs, Washington pie and for similar desserts.

From Quantity Cookery Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers by Richards, Lenore

A man went into a southern restaurant not long ago and asked for a piece of old-fashioned Washington pie.

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)

Penny opened the refrigerator and helped herself to a bowl of strawberries and a Martha Washington pie.

From Saboteurs on the River by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)

And when the Washington pie and the Marlborough pudding came, the squash, the mince, the cranberry-tart, and the blazing plum-pudding, then the children were put through their genealogical catechism.

From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Hale, Edward Everett

Old Mrs. McGiven still sold candies and cakes, and slate-pencils, and, oh, Washington pie that was almost as great a necessity to childhood then, as chewing-gum is now.

From A Little Girl of Long Ago by Douglas, Amanda Minnie