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Cornish pasty

British  
/ ˈpæstɪ /

noun

  1. cookery a pastry case with a filling of meat and vegetables

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr Pegg referred to the collection as "the pasty" due to the coins being wrapped in a cloth bundle which was barely bigger than a Cornish pasty.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2025

It looks like a Cornish pasty filled with vomit – but in a good way.

From The Guardian Feb. 16, 2019

Cornwall is immensely proud of the Cornish pasty.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2018

Eating out was chips or a Cornish pasty in Kilburn.

From The Guardian Nov. 15, 2015

It’s all right,” he said, helping himself to a Cornish pasty, while Mrs. Weasley looked stern, “they’re all called stuff like Bodrod the Bearded and Urg the Unclean; it wasn’t hard.”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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