American as apple pie

adjective

Having characteristics considered quintessential to American life; very American.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. USsimileHaving characteristics considered quintessential to American life; very American.

    Josh Billings is as American as apple pie or the corncob pipe.

    1932, Cyril Clemens, Josh Billings, Yankee Humorist, page 178
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    The book is as American as apple pie, or spoon bread, or baked beans, and its influence must have been great during those times.

    1934, Jerry Wallace, A Parson at Large: Being an Account of Mason Locke Weems

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
all-american
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