wet bottom
n.— «“People always ask for ‘wet bottom,’” said Dan Stoltzfus. In local parlance, that’s pie in which the syrupy interior virtually dissolves the bottom crust.» —“Vendors add flavor to family traditions” by Patricia Harris, David Lyon in Lancaster, Pa. Boston Globe Aug. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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