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custard pie

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cus⋅tard-pie

[kuhs-terd-pahy]
–adjective
characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular esp. in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.

Origin:
1930–35
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custard pie

noun
a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies 
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