black bottom pie

noun

An American dessert pie with meringue, custard, and a bottom layer of chocolate cream.

Meanings

nounblack bottom pie (countable and uncountable, plural black bottom pies)

plural black bottom pies · alternative black-bottom pie

  1. countableuncountableAn American dessert pie with meringue, custard, and a bottom layer of chocolate cream.

    Lisa knew she needed to snap out of it, but her spirits had not risen appreciably by the time Sam helped himself to the last slice of black bottom pie and Ellie circled the table a second time with the coffeepot.

    1987, Laurel Pace, On Wings of Love, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 121
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