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[ ap -uh l-pahy ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈæp əlˌpaɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective pertaining to or embodying traditional American values: apple-pie virtues; an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.
Words nearby apple-pie apple maggot, apple of discord, apple of one's eye, apple of Peru, apple pandowdy, apple-pie , apple-pie bed, apple-pie order, apple-polish, apple polisher, apples
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Example sentences from the Web for apple-pie Cancer governs the fourth House of patriotism, and American actors of the sign project an apple-pie image.
Horoscopes July 3-9, 2011 | Starsky + Cox| July 2, 2011| DAILY BEAST
All was in the apple-pie order in which I had left her pretty, luxurious room.
Miss Million's Maid | Bertha Ruck
About a month after this, I was busy making an apple-pie in the kitchen.
Roughing it in the Bush | Susanna Moodie
Fortunately, however, I have a very good answer to this apple-pie bed charge.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, October 6, 1920 | Various
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