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• custard-pie
  custard-pie

  adjective

  characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
• custard pie
  custard pie

  noun

custard-pie

American  

[kuhs-terd-pahy] / ˈkʌs tərdˈpaɪ /

adjective

1. characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.

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custard pie British  

noun

1. 1. a flat, open pie filled with real or artificial custard, as thrown in slapstick comedy

   2. ( as modifier )

      custard-pie humour

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Etymology

Origin of custard-pie

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“A mustard seed can grow into a huge tree,” she told them.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Meanwhile in France domestic mustard seed harvests have fallen short of expectations for three years in a row, most recently due to a wet winter and cold spring.

From BBC • May 20, 2022

“Robin’s kindness, her mercy and grace pushed past the calluses on my heart,” she said, “and like the mustard seed, my faith was able to grow once again.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021

—Canola, or mustard seed, may grow wild as a weed, but it is a good plant to grow around the edges of other crops to draw in bees, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Ah’ll see can’t Ah find some mustard seed whilst Ah’s out.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston