American as apple pie

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American as apple pie

1. (US, simile) Having characteristics considered quintessential to American life; very American.
   • 1932, Cyril Clemens, Josh Billings, Yankee Humorist, page 178:

     Josh Billings is as American as apple pie or the corncob pipe.

   • 1934, Jerry Wallace, A Parson at Large: Being an Account of Mason Locke Weems:

     The book is as American as apple pie, or spoon bread, or baked beans, and its influence must have been great during those times.

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• Australian as a kangaroo
• Canadian as maple syrup
• English as apple pie