mince pie

or minced pie


noun
  1. a pie filled with mincemeat.

Origin of mince pie

1
First recorded in 1590–1600

Words Nearby mince pie

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How to use mince pie in a sentence

  • And even the aggressive clove curls up and faints when ordered to disguise a mince pie breath.

British Dictionary definitions for mince pie

mince pie

noun
  1. a small round pastry tart filled with mincemeat

  2. (usually plural) Cockney rhyming slang an eye

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