Eskimo pie

English

Etymology

Originally a trademark of the Eskimo Pie Corporation patented in 1922, later licensed to other companies or used as a genericized trademark.

Noun

Eskimo pie (plural Eskimo pies)

  1. A bar of ice cream covered in chocolate, usually on a stick.
    • 1950, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, Investigation of organized crime in interstate commerce, volume 7, page 1718:
      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.
    • 1958 August 4, “Eskimo Pie [advertisement]”, in LIFE, page 59:
      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.
    • 1992, Kathleen Shafer, Baroda, the Story of a Small Place, page 122:
      [] 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.
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