pork pie

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English

A pork pie (sense 1)
A pork pie hat (sense 2)
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Noun

pork pie (plural pork pies)

  1. A shortcrust pie containing chopped pork.
    Hyponyms: gala pie, Melton Mowbray, picnic pie, stand pie
  2. Ellipsis of pork pie hat.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang, humorous) A lie.
    Synonym: porky