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apple pie
Word definitions for apple pie in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Apple Pie is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on the ABC network from September 23, 1978 until September 30, 1978. It is based on the play Nourish the Beast , by Steve Tesich . Apple Pie starred Rue McClanahan as lonely hairdresser Ginger-Nell ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apple pie \Ap"ple pie`\ A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. Apple-pie bed , a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples. 2 (context figuratively English) Anything quintessentially American. vb. (context transitive English) Of a bed, to make an apple-pie bed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
attested from 1580s, from apple + pie ; noted by 1893 as a typical American dish. Apple-pie bed as a name for a childish prank is recorded from 1781; supposedly from the way of making apple turnovers, but some think it a folk etymology of French nappe pliée ...
Usage examples of apple pie.
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He was an American man, she knew that, a man who would have a taste for milk and apple pie, a man who would appreciate the homely beauty of red check and gingham.
She didn't want to make a life's work out of swabbing up puke and urine, but she could do what needed to be done without adding two half-used pieces of apple pie to the mix.
Nearby lay a jug of strawberry cordial and a half-finished apple pie which they had requisitioned from Goody's cupboard.
Sister Sage put the finishing touches to a raspberry and apple pie and, wiping her paws on a flour-dusted apron, the old mouse stood back and watched Simeon, the blind Herbalist.