shoofly pie

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See also: shoo-fly pie

English

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Wet-bottom shoofly pie
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Etymology

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From shoo +‎ fly +‎ pie. So called because the molasses attracts flies, which must be shooed away.

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Noun

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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.
    Synonym: shoofly cake
    • 1945, “Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy”, Sammy Gallop (music):
      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.

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