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shoofly pies

shoofly pies is the plural 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

Questions about shoofly pies

What is shoofly pies the plural of?
Shoofly pies is the plural of shoofly pie.

Words near shoofly pies in the dictionary

  1. shooers
  2. shooes off
  3. shooflies
  4. shoofly
  5. shoofly pie
  6. shoofly pies
  7. shoofti
  8. shooger
  9. shoogle
  10. shoogled
  11. shoogles

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