cottage pie

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noun

British another term for shepherd's pie

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Words nearby cottage pie

Cottage Grove, cottage hospital, cottage industry, cottage loaf, cottage piano, cottage pie, cottage pudding, cottager, cottage roll, cottage tulip, cottage window

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How to use cottage pie in a sentence

The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea|Amy Zimmerman|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History|Marlow Stern|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, as the sun was about to set, she came upon a little cottage that belonged to seven dwarfs.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Little Snow White awoke, they asked her who she was and how she had managed to come to their cottage.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This is a twist on a classic American pot pie but dressed up for company.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies|Ina Garten|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Madame Ratignolle, when they had regained her cottage, went in to take the hour's rest which she considered helpful.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
She rose with a smile as Lady Victoria emerged from the cottage at the upper end of the village.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
They had almost reached the sawyer's cottage, when a black animal ran out towards them.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
The entire scene had vanished, vanished like smoke over the roof of a cottage when the wind blows.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood