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shoo-fly pie

shoo-fly pie is the alternative form of shoofly pie.

Meaning of shoofly pie

Noun

shoofly pie (countable and uncountable, plural shoofly pies)

  1. A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.
    • Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / Make your eyes light up / Your tummy say, "Howdy." / Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / I never get enough of that wonderful stuff.1945, “Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy”, Sammy Gallop (music)
    Synonyms:
    shoofly cake

Forms of shoo-fly pie

pluralshoo-fly pies

Questions about shoo-fly pie

What is shoo-fly pie the alternative form of?
Shoo-fly pie is the alternative form of shoofly pie.

Words near shoo-fly pie in the dictionary

  1. shoo away
  2. shoo in
  3. shoo ins
  4. shoo off
  5. shoo-ee
  6. shoo-fly pie
  7. shoo-fly pies
  8. shoo-fly plant
  9. shoo-fly plants
  10. shoo-in
  11. shoo-ins

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