shoofly
Example Sentences
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Then the bake-off round involves a dessert inspired by the Pennsylvania classic shoofly pie.
From Los Angeles Times
The removal of the gas line in turn has delayed construction of temporary freight track, called a shoofly, for Union Pacific Railroad.
From Los Angeles Times
Since then, the area’s tourism industry, offering traditional treats like shoofly pies and buggy rides, has boomed.
From New York Times
We packed big tents on company streets around a chuck wagon where a massive man in comically wide blue kersey trousers served up cold cuts and shoofly pie.
From Salon
Molasses used to appear on the menu in shoofly pie, but “people weren’t feeling it,” Mr. Scott said.
From New York Times
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