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American as apple pie en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, qualifier:simile) Having characteristics considered quintessential to American life; very American.
    • The book is as American as apple pie, or spoon bread, or baked beans, and its influence must have been great during those times. 1934, Jerry Wallace, A Parson at Large: Being an Account of Mason Locke Weems:
    • Josh Billings is as American as apple pie or the corncob pipe. 1932, Cyril Clemens, Josh Billings, Yankee Humorist, page 178:

Coordinates

Australian as a kangaroo · Canadian as maple syrup · English as apple pie

Relateds

mom and apple pie · flag, motherhood and apple pie · motherhood and apple pie