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1.
An ~ is a kind of pie made with apples.
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2.
If a room or a desk is in ~ order, it is neat and tidy, and everything is where it should be.
They found everything in apple-pie order.
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3.
If you say that something is as American as ~, you mean that it is typically American.
Jeans are as American as ~.
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