pieman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The pieman closed his eyes, opened them and ate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richard Eaton Chula Vista, Calif. Wouldn't it be great if the pieman could cometh to Congress!
From Time Magazine Archive
In our own nursery days, as we now fondly remember, it was: "Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair; said Simple Simon to the pieman, 'Let me taste your ware.'"
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair: Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware."
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
Do our readers recollect a Pantomime some years ago, in which he was introduced begging a tart from a pieman?
From A History of Pantomime by R. J. Broadbent
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