pied
having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse.
wearing pied clothing.
Origin of pied
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How to use pied in a sentence
Many units sit empty even when buildings sell out, owing to rich buyers who are just looking for another pied-à-terre or, more nefariously, to money launderers seeking an easy way to wash their cash.
The Florida Billionaire Pissing Off West Palm Beach | Noah Kirsch | September 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastPeople are still far more likely to buy a million dollar pied à terre in Manhattan than to do so in Oklahoma City.
Houston Rising—Why the Next Great American Cities Aren’t What You Think | Joel Kotkin | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was the pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.
For instance: after getting pied, you could taste some of it and make a face that says “Hmm, not bad!”
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s Political Humor (VIDEOS) | Mark Katz | February 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs.
Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the pied Pipers of the Republican Party.
A second version of the False Claimant story is found in Le cerf au pied blanc.
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. WestonLiszt is a poet, not a chronicler; he must be read as such, and not be taken au pied de la lettre.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksIt varies indifferently from a yellowish brown to a pied, and from a pied to a white.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon"No one is fair when hunting the pied-à-terre," I reminded her.
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. LucasCessons donc de nous esbahir s'ils ont un pied en l'air et l'œil en la campagne.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
British Dictionary definitions for pied
/ (paɪd) /
having markings of two or more colours
Origin of pied
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