mince pie

American  

Or minced pie

noun

1. a pie filled with mincemeat.

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mince pie British  

noun

1. a small round pastry tart filled with mincemeat

2. slang:Cockney_rhyming (usually plural) an eye

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Etymology

Origin of mince pie

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

They were served a mince pie, dry bread roll, slice of turkey, single pig in blanket, and a tiny square of stuffing.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

In 1662, just two years after Charles II's decree, Samuel Pepys wrote about mince pies in his famous diary, "I sent for a mince pie abroad, my wife not being well to make any herself."

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

Thus, the style of mince pie that we know and love today began its meteoric rise.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

Other shows, like the National Theater of Scotland’s “Rapunzel,” felt as flat as a sat-on mince pie.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2020

‘Johnny, here’s half a mince pie for you. You’re a real smart boy.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes