apple-pie

American  

[ap-uhl-pahy] / ˈæp əlˌpaɪ /

adjective

1. pertaining to or embodying values perceived as traditionally American, or, more broadly, as unassailable.

   apple-pie virtues of individualism and hard work;

   an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.

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Etymology

Origin of apple-pie

First recorded in 1960–70

Example Sentences

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apple-pie

It could have raised funds it needed elsewhere, through traditional, home-spun, apple-pie American institutions like private equity behemoths.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023

But even now, the findings have a gentle, apple-pie allure.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

He wasn’t into the whole all-American, apple-pie look.

From Fox News ● Jan. 6, 2020

Patriotism and apple-pie nostalgia, other Super Bowl ad staples, were also scant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2019

He was carrying the fighting harness, which was strapped up in apple-pie order according to his own dodges and wrinkles—for, from now on, he was Lancelot’s squire.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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