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shoo-fly pie

Syllabification: (shoo-fly pie)
(also shoofly pie)
Definition of shoo-fly pie

noun

  • a rich pie made with molasses and topped with crumbs.

Origin:

from the US interjection shoo-fly (referring to the need to wave flies away from the sweet treacle)

shoo-fly pie in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of shoo-fly pie in the British & World English dictionary