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

In general, authorities focused on regulating public morals rather than intruding on private lives, but this "middle course," with or without a mince pie ban, still provoked resistance and fury that often turned to violence.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Hazel Sewell, 64, said the café offered a cup of tea and a mince pie for £1.50 and was "cheaper than being at home".

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

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

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

For my next visit I saved my own helping of mince pie.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson