单词 | mud-pie |
释义 | mud-pien. 1. A mass of mud or wet earth formed into the shape of a pie, esp. by a child; also figurative. Cf. earlier dirt-pie n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > mud-pie or sandcastle dirt-piea1642 mud-pie1788 sand pie1833 sandcastle1854 1788 Ld. Auckland Diary in Spain in Corr. (1861) II. 74 The children amused themselves with making mud pies. 1885 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 528 Clay-moulding is nothing more than a sort of glorified mud-pie making. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 122 The low, square, mud-pie houses. 1987 Woman's Own 19–26 Dec. 103 (caption) We want her to be like a normal kid who makes mud pies..and goes to school. 1998 Chicago Tribune 23 Mar. ii. 1/1 A woman's wedding day..had been planned for her family's back yard, a back yard that is turned into a mud pie by an unexpected downpour. 2. A rich chocolate-based dessert likened to a mud pie in appearance (more fully Mississippi mud pie). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sweet or fruit puddings white pudding1588 quaking puddinga1665 apple pudding1708 cowslip pudding1723 plum pudding1811 roly-poly pudding1821 black cap1822 amber pudding1829 bird's nest pudding1829 slump1831 Bakewell pudding1833 roly-poly1835 dog in a (or the) blanket1842 castle pudding1845 ice pudding1846 pan pie1846 dick1849 roll-up1856 canary pudding1861 roly1861 treacle pud1861 Brown Betty1864 summer pudding1875 parfait1884 schalet1884 Sally Lunn pudding1892 Tommy1895 queen of puddings1903 layer-pudding1909 clafoutis1926 shrikhand1950 chocolate fondant1971 mud-pie1975 tiramisu1982 lava cake1994 1975 Marshall County Hist. Soc. Bicentennial Cook Bk. 117/1 Mississippi mud pie. 1981 E. A. Taylor Cable Car Murder xvii. 118 The waiter brought our mud pies... A mud pie is a dish of very rich chocolate in a shell of super pastry. 1990 Thames Valley Now Feb. 31/2 For dessert fans there is..mouth-watering Mississippi mud pie. 2000 Spokesman–Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 21 Aug. b1 Try the delicious Apple Crisp (my personal favourite) or the magnificent Mountain High Mud Pie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788 |
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