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pandowdy

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pan⋅dow⋅dy

  [pan-dou-dee]
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–noun, plural -dies. Chiefly New England.
apple pandowdy.
Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; perh. var. of obs. dial. (Somerset) pandoulde custard; see pan 1

apple pandowdy

 
–noun
Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.
Also called pandowdy, apple dowdy.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism
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pan·dow·dy   (pān-dou'dē)   
n.   pl. pan·dow·dies
Sliced fruit baked with sugar and spices in a deep dish, with a thick top crust.

[Perhaps from obsolete dialectal pandoulde, custard : pan1 + dialectal dowl, to mix dough in a hurry (probably variant of dough).]
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