"cream pie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cream pies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cream pie (countable and uncountable, plural cream pies)
  1. (originally Canada, US) A pie, usually filled with fruit, topped with whipped cream. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pies
    Sense id: en-cream_pie-en-noun-Xv35EB6k Disambiguation of Pies: 77 16 7 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 15 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 11 13
  2. A pie filled entirely with cream, used as a prop in slapstick films and television. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy
    Sense id: en-cream_pie-en-noun-VsFUafrH Disambiguation of Comedy: 26 58 16
  3. Alternative spelling of creampie. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: creampie
    Sense id: en-cream_pie-en-noun-ct6UpJxB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: creampie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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