Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
meat-pie. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
meat-pie, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
meat-pie in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
meat-pie you have here. The definition of the word
meat-pie will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
meat-pie, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Noun
meat-pie (countable and uncountable, plural meat-pies)
- Alternative form of meat pie.
1857, Amelia B[lanford] Edwards, The Ladder of Life: A Heart-History, London: Geo Routledge & Co., . New York: , page 100:Now, my dears, let us see what we have here! First of all, meat-pie. Shall I give you a piece of meat-pie, dear Mademoiselle Natalie!—it is the same pie that you liked so much the night before last at Basle, and, fortunately, is not all gone yet!
1874, Marion Harland [pseudonym; Mary Virginia Terhune], Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., , page 105:You can use the potato crust, which is very wholesome and good, for any kind of meat-pie.
1922, Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron, A Thousand Ways to Please a Family with Bettina’s Best Recipes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, page 22:“Well, we’re to have meat-pie,” said Bettina, “and I must look up a good recipe for it now——” “Meat-pie? Delicious!” said Alice.
2018 June 26, Christopher Arnott, “Terrence Mann Kills As Demon Barber”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXXXII, number 177, Hartford, Conn., page D1:LIZ LARSEN and Terrence Mann sing foul puns about human-infused meat-pies in “Sweeney Todd” at Connecticut Repertory Theatre through July 1.