pieman
Britishnoun
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Richard Eaton Chula Vista, Calif. Wouldn't it be great if the pieman could cometh to Congress!
From Time Magazine Archive
The pieman closed his eyes, opened them and ate.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Here they are, all ’ot!” the pieman cries, as he walks in; “toss or buy! up and win ’em!”
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley
This is the precise season when, as the pieman in "Pickwick" too candidly observed, "fruits is out, and cats is in."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I haven't any."
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
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