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custard-pie

[ kuhs-terd-pahy ]

adjective

  1. characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.

custard pie

noun

    1. a flat, open pie filled with real or artificial custard, as thrown in slapstick comedy
    2. ( as modifier )

      custard-pie humour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of custard-pie1

First recorded in 1930–35

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