Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pie with a filling of molasses and brown sugar.

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  • noun A fluffy pie made from molasses, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.

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  • noun open pie filled with a mixture of sweet crumbs and molasses

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[So called because one will supposedly have to shoo away the flies attracted to the sweet filling.]

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So-called because the molasses attracts flies, which must be shooed away.

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