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apple-pie

[ ap-uhl-pahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to or embodying values perceived as traditionally American, or, more broadly, as unassailable:
apple-pie virtues of individualism and hard work;
an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.

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First recorded in 1960–70

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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.

In a nutshell, baijiu is to China what apple pie is to America, if not even more so.

In the eyes of voters, apparently politicians who say one thing, and do another, are as American as apple pie.

Superman is as American as apple pie, in that both have their origins in the Middle East.

Contrary to what Jim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation may say, that stuff is as American as apple pie.

Tessa was shallow and she sighed and asked her if she would take apple pie.

“Come along quickly, or you will have an apple-pie bed made,” he said, in a low voice.

I cannot find it among his papers—which, for the rest, are in apple-pie order.

It was a neat building, with everything in apple-pie order, and no danger of anything; rusting there for want of oil.

It was a neat building, with everything in apple-pie order, and no danger of anything rusting there for want of oil.

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