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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A pie with a filling of molasses and brown sugar.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A fluffy pie made from molasses, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. open pie filled with a mixture of sweet crumbs and molasses

Etymologies

  1. So-called because the molasses attracts flies, which must be shooed away. (Wiktionary)
  2. So called because one will supposedly have to shoo away the flies attracted to the sweet filling. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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