custard pie

Speech parts

1. custard pie - Noun

2. custard pie - Verb

Meaning

a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

custard-pie

Synonyms

gateau Boston cream pie

Hypernyms

property prop

Examples

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. George Orwell

God always has another custard pie up his sleeve. Lynn Redgrave

God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve. Margaret Forster

And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face. Rowan Atkinson

There were also two "Rhubarb Tart" songs, one sung by Cleese, which he also sang in At Last the 1948 Show, and one sung by Oddie, which became "The Custard Pie Song" in the TV series The Goodies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

custard marrow custard pastry custard peach custard powder custard slice custard squash