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• Apple pie (disambiguation) — Apple pie is a dessert generally made from apples and pastry. It can also refer to: *Apple Pie (album), an album by Nice *Apple Pie (band), a progressive rock band *Hot Apple Pie, a band * Petit Apple Pie , a manga anthology series * Apple Pie… …   Wikipedia

• apple pie — apple pies 1) N COUNT An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples. 2) PHRASE: v link PHR If a room or a desk is in apple pie order, it is neat and tidy, and everything is where it should be. They found everything in apple pie order. 3) PHRASE …   English dictionary

• apple pie — attested from 1580s, from APPLE (Cf. apple) + PIE (Cf. pie); noted by 1893 as a typical American dish. Apple pie bed as a name for a childish prank is recorded from 1781; supposedly from the way of making apple turnovers, but some think it a folk …   Etymology dictionary

• Apple pie — Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Apple-pie bed — Apple pie Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Apple-pie order — Apple pie Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• apple pie — noun count or uncount a sweet food made from apples baked in PASTRY as American as apple pie something as American as apple pie has its origins in the U.S. or has qualities that are thought to be typical of the U.S. or of American people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Apple Pie ABC — is an abecedarium published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York copyrighted 1888 and mounted on linen, author and artist unknown. The book tells in verse the of an apple pie when placed in the vicinity of a group of children.External links*… …   Wikipedia

• apple pie order — Everything is in perfect order and tidy if it is in apple pie order …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• apple-pie order — ► NOUN ▪ perfect order …   English terms dictionary

• apple-pie — [ap′əl pī΄] adj. Informal of or characteristic of certain values, as wholesomeness or decency, esp. when regarded as being particularly American …   English World dictionary