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Definition of shoofly pie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shoofly pie

noun

/ˌʃuːflaɪ ˈpaɪ/

/ˌʃuːflaɪ ˈpaɪ/

[countable, uncountable] (North American English)

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an open pie filled with brown sugar and treacle
Word OriginFrom the need to say shoo! to the flies that the sugar attracts.

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