Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
custard pie
  1. a flat, open pie filled with real or artificial custard, as thrown in slapstick comedy
  2. (as modifier): custard-pie humour
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cus•tard-pie  (kus′tərd pī′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Theater, Show Businesscharacteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular esp. in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
  • 1930–35

'custard pie' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jeff Davis pie - coconut cream - custard-pie

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