Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoofly pie

/ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: shoofly- pie
IPA: /ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / Make your eyes light up / Your tummy say, "Howdy." / Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / I never get enough of that wonderful stuff."
"“Greetings. My name is Ruby Zeldastein. I'm a medium to the other side, and I make a hell of a shoofly pie.”"

Etymology

From shoo + fly + pie. Named after the Shoofly molasses company, which was named after "Shoofly the Boxing Mule" (a circus attraction of the period), which was named after a Civil-War-era folk song called "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me". Not related to the idea of shooing flies away from the sweet filling.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shoofly pies (plural) shoo-fly pie (alternative)

Synonyms

shoofly cake

Questions

How do you pronounce shoofly pie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/.
What does shoofly pie mean?: A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Where does shoofly pie come from?: From shoo + fly + pie. Named after the Shoofly molasses company, which was named after "Shoofly the Boxing Mule" (a circus attraction of the period), which was named after a Civil-War-era folk song called "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me". Not related to the idea of shooing flies away from the sweet filling.

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