bakemeat
Americannoun
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pastry; pie.
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cooked food, especially a meat pie.
Etymology
Origin of bakemeat
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English bake(n) mete “cooked food, baked food”; see origin at bake, meat
Example Sentences
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A joke lasted Nicky a long time: the humorous fiction that the bride-elect would to-morrow be carried off to reside permanently in the infernal regions was still as a savoury bakemeat to her palate.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
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