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foam pie
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˌfəʊm ˈpaɪ/ us /ˌfoʊm ˈpaɪ/
an amount of shaving foam on a paper plate, etc. that is thrown at someone's face to make people laugh or as a protest: 泡沫饼（盛在纸盘上的泡沫剃须膏等类似物体，用来扔到其他人脸上作为玩笑或抗议）
He was attacked by a protester with a foam pie.他被一名抗议者用泡沫饼攻击。
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Examples of foam pie
foam pie
It would have been very easy, for instance, to go on and on about the foampie incident.
From Hollywood Reporter
Throwing foam pies has been a way of scoring easy laughs since the slapstick rule book was written in the days of silent movies.
From CNN
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