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Black bottom pie in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Noun

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black bottom pie (countable and uncountable, plural black bottom pies)

  1. An American dessert pie with meringue, custard, and a bottom layer of chocolate cream.
    • 1987, Laurel Pace, On Wings of Love, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 121:
      Lisa knew she needed to snap out of it, but her spirits had not risen appreciably by the time Sam helped himself to the last slice of black bottom pie and Ellie circled the table a second time with the coffeepot.

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