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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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  1. 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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