Eskimo pie
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English
Etymology
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.
Noun
Eskimo pie (plural Eskimo pies)
- 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 ”, 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.