Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Boston cream pie
noun · first attested 19th century
A cake called a pie is named for a city.
A sponge cake filled with custard and topped with chocolate.
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- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Boston
- In English
Boston cream pie
It was popularised at a Boston hotel in the 1850s and named for the city. It is a cake, and has never been a pie.
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