1. a type of molasses pie with a crumb topping, traditional in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine
Usage: regional
2. a child’s rocking chair or toy horse
Usage: informal
3. a temporary railroad track built around construction or repair work
Usage: railroad terminology

Examples

• Grandma’s shoofly pie was always the highlight of our family dinners.
• The bakery specializes in traditional Pennsylvania Dutch desserts like shoofly pie.
• The little girl rode her wooden shoofly back and forth across the porch.
• His favorite toy was an old shoofly that had belonged to his father.
• The construction crew built a shoofly to keep trains running during bridge repairs.
• Workers completed the shoofly track in just two days.