Eskimo pie
nounEtymology Originally a trademark of the Eskimo Pie Corporation for a product patented in 1922, later licensed to other companies or used as a genericized trademark.
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A bar of ice cream covered in chocolate, usually on a stick.
- In the course of Counselor Halley's interrogations of Frank Costello this morning, the name of Eskimo pie was identified as one of the products made by Dainties Products Corp. […] Mr. Halley, I am sure, used the trademark name Eskimo pie in error simply meaning a chocolate-covered ice-cream product.1950, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, Investigation of organized crime in interstate commerce, volume 7, page 1718:
- Velvety-smooth vanilla ice cream – made from fresh dairy cream – coated with a special blend of mouth-watering imported chocolate. That’s Eskimo Pie, the original ice cream bar.1958 August 4, “Eskimo Pie [advertisement]”, in LIFE, page 59:
1 more example
- […]many went Phiscator's Ice Cream parlor for homemade Eskimo pies. Rose and Zora seldom got to hear the concerts as they were busy making the Eskimo pies.1992, Kathleen Shafer, Baroda, the Story of a Small Place, page 122:
- Synonyms
- choc ice