custard pie
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- noun
- /ˈkʌstərd paɪ/
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pastel de natillas
- And then you get a great big custard pie in the face.
- custard pie and chocolate
Examples
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I know where we'll be standing when the custard pie gets thrown.
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Ooh, you look like a custard pie.
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And then you get a great big Custard pie in the face
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Custard pie would be my favorite.
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- I have a recipe for banana custard pie that Edith Kadomsky gave me.
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Coconut custard pies.
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We'd still be making Keystone chases, bathing beauties, custard pie...
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In the comedy show, the clown threw a custard pie at the audience for laughs.
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He smeared the custard pie on his friend's face during the slapstick performance.
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Everyone laughed when she slipped on a custard pie that was left on the floor.
Synonyms
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A sweet baked dish with a crust filled with blueberries and sugar
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A sweet dessert with lemon filling and soft meringue on top
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A sweet pie made from sour red plant stalks and sugar
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pie filled with custard' is directly and compositionally derived from 'custard' (a creamy dessert) + 'pie' (a filled pastry), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the referent. The occasional cultural extension (used as a slapstick prop) does not make the basic referent unpredictable, and similar noun‑noun compounds occur cross‑linguistically, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
The noun custard pie comes from old comedy shows where someone would throw a soft custard-filled pie into another person's face as a funny trick. That messy, surprising picture became the sign of clownish 'comedy', so today a custard pie usually means a pie used as a 'prop' in slapstick performances.