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mom and apple pie

mom and apple pie noun: wholesomeness and traditional (American) values.

mom and apple pie: wholesomeness and traditional (American) values
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Noun (1)

mom and apple pie (uncountable)

  1. (US, symbolically) Wholesomeness and traditional (American) values.
  2. (US) Something that cannot be questioned because it appeals to universally-held beliefs or values.

Noun (2) capitalized: Mom and apple pie

Mom and apple pie (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of mom and apple pie.
    • A case in point is the current concern over the drafting of Honors programs in our colleges. To be “against” Honors programs is now almost as unthinkable as to be “against” Mom and apple pie.1959 February, Hugh G. J. Aitken, “A Hard Look at Honors Program: A Critical View”, in The Superior Student, volume 2, number 1, Boulder, Colo., →ISSN, page 4, column 2
    • The seeming rambling plotlessness (and consider, in the context of Hollywood slickeries of production and Mom-and-apple-pie-isms of the era, the courage of his producers in permitting him his free-form structures, let alone his iconoclasms) puts an aura of carelessness on his work.1972, Judith Crist, “Introduction”, in Richard J. Anobile, editor, A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W. C. Fields, New York, N.Y.: Darien House Inc., →LCCN, pages 17–18

Synonyms of mom and apple pie

Forms of mom and apple pie

alternative formMom and apple pie
alternative formmotherhood and apple pie

Questions about mom and apple pie

What does mom and apple pie mean?
Mom and apple pie means wholesomeness and traditional (American) values.
What part of speech is mom and apple pie?
Mom and apple pie is a noun.

Words near mom and apple pie in the dictionary

  1. Molyullah
  2. Molène
  3. molé
  4. Molėtai
  5. mom
  6. mom and apple pie
  7. mom and pop
  8. mom and pops
  9. mom and them
  10. mom blogger
  11. mom bod

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