custard pie

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custard pie (plural custard pies)

  1. A pie made from an uncooked custard mixture added to an uncooked or partially cooked crust and then baked as a whole.
  2. A prop used in slapstick, consisting of an open pie filled with custard or cream (or, more often nowadays, simply a paper plate covered with shaving foam or a similar substance) that is pushed into another person's face.