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custard-pie

[ kuhs-terd-pahy ]

adjective

  1. characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.


custard pie

noun

    1. a flat, open pie filled with real or artificial custard, as thrown in slapstick comedy
    2. ( as modifier )

      custard-pie humour

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of custard-pie1

First recorded in 1930鈥35
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Example Sentences

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I could tell by his expression that Roos dearly wanted to lend a Mack Sennett 鈥渃ustard-pie鈥 touch by having some one smear some one else in the face with a mushy half-baked bannock, but discretion prevailed.

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"Custard-Pie!" exclaimed the urchin, with great exultation at his success.

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I was born to be a humorist鈥攁 real humorist鈥攊n a day and age when 鈥榗ustard-pie comedians鈥 have the right-of-way.鈥

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鈥淚 presume Fielding is quite familiar with any quantity of 鈥榡uvenile leads鈥 and 鈥榮tunt鈥 actors as well as 鈥榗ustard-pie comedians.鈥

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So you've got painful home truths coming out while people dressed up like Benny Hill are having custard-pie fights.

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