lemon meringue

English

Noun

lemon meringue (countable and uncountable, plural lemon meringues)

1. Ellipsis of lemon meringue pie.
   • 2008, Geraldine Murfin-Shaw, Sweet Chef, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 123:

     We were all dead beat, but Terry said I had better make three tray apple pies, two lemon meringues and 40 trifles.

   • 2009, Denise Duhamel, Ka-Ching!, University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN:

     After my parents’ accident, the pies kept coming: chicken pot pies (sized for one person), blueberry pies, ice cream pies, peach cobblers, lemon meringues, pecan pies, pies that were still warm in their tins, apple pies, another chicken pot pie (a big square one), pies with chocolate pudding inside, rhubarb pies, cherry pies, pies with crisscross slats of crust on top.

   • 2017, Charlotte Hubbard, Weddings at Promise Lodge, Zebra Books, →ISBN:

     Monroe chose a slice of raisin pie and a slice of lemon meringue.

   • 2018, Molly Harper, How to Date Your Dragon, NYLA Publishing, →ISBN:

     “Really, I’d like a slice of lemon meringue, please.” The brownie sighed as she crossed to the lemon meringue pie stand and slid a perfectly measured slice onto a small plate.

   • 2018, Gail Oust, The Twelve Dice of Christmas, Beyond the Page Books, →ISBN:

     Last in line, I ordered a slice of lemon meringue.

   • 2021, Abby Rosser, Oh, to Grace, WordCrafts Press, →ISBN:

     Protect us from the chess pies and lemon meringues just awaiting to attack us, sweet Jesus.

   • 2022, Laura Pauling, Lemon Meringue and Murder, Redpoint Press:

     She’d almost tripped over a body, facedown, a slice of lemon meringue in hand.