shoofly pie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

shoofly pies plural shoo-fly pie alternative

词源

From shoo + fly + pie. Named after the Shoofly molasses company, which was named after "Shoofly the Boxing Mule" (a circus attraction of the period), which was named after a Civil-War-era folk song called "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me". Not related to the idea of shooing flies away from the sweet filling.
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