pieman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first the penny."
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
Often he became a pieman, and once he was a turnspit in the household of the Lord Bishop himself.
From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
But history is silent as to the birth, parentage, or, even place and date of the death of the said Simple Simon, or of this very particular pieman.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley
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