What does apple-pie mean?
Apple-pie means Alternative spelling of apple pie..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative spelling of apple pie..
Tea was served with a fragrant apple-pie.
Pat was always ready for fun, especially when it came to apple-pieing beds.
“There’s something the matter with the God[-]damned bed. I can’t get in.” He stood there, naked and cross in the candlelight. Martha turned back the covers. “They’ve apple-pied the bed.” “They’ve what?” “Apple-pied, short-sheeted. Didn’t you ever do that when you were young?” “The little brats.” “It’ll only take a minute of fix; it’s just the top sheet.”
At midnight, Elizabeth and her friends apple-pied the beds of her brother David and James, who was still being frustratingly elusive.
Use apple-pie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apple-pie means Alternative spelling of apple pie..
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Tea was served with a fragrant apple-pie.
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