shoo-fly pie

[ shoo-flahy ]

/ ˈʃuˌflaɪ /

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noun

an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.

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Origin of shoo-fly pie

First recorded in 1925–30; so called in allusion to the attractiveness of the molasses to unwanted flies

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British Dictionary definitions for shoo-fly pie

shoofly pie

/ (ˈʃuːˌflaɪ) /

noun

US a dessert similar to treacle tart

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