apple pandowdy

noun

Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.

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Nearby words

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Origin of apple pandowdy

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Also called pandowdy, apple dowdy.

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