shoo-fly pie

[ shoo-flahy ]
/ ˈʃuˌflaɪ /

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

Words nearby shoo-fly pie

shone, shoneen, shongololo, shonky, shoo, shoo-fly pie, shoo-fly plant, shoo-in, shoofly, shoofly pie, shoogle
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British Dictionary definitions for shoofly pie

shoofly pie
/ (ˈʃuːˌflaɪ) /

noun

US a dessert similar to treacle tart
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