as American as apple pie
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› typical of the way of life in the US: Leather jackets are as American as apple pie and Harley-Davidsons.Nationalities
(Definition of as American as apple pie from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -an suffix
- -ish suffix (FROM PLACE)
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- anglicize verb
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