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pus pie
1. Also, pus cake. an alternative to "snot-block" or vanilla slice: He had a dog's eye and a pus pie for lunch.
2. a custard tart. Compare snot-block, snot-box.
Contributor's comments: In my youth in coastal Queensland (eg Bundaberg, Maryborough, Ingham) a custard tart was referred to as a "pus pie".
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] Altho snot block does indeed refer to vanilla slice, I've heard 'pus pie' to mean custard tart instead.
Contributor's comments: [A snot block was] also known as pus cake, when I was a schoolgirl in Victoria.
Contributor's comments: [Sydney informant] custard tart: "I would like to buy the pus pie in the pastry counter."
Contributor's comments: In WA I have heard pus pies referred to as "Snot Bricks".