mince pie
Americannoun
noun
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a small round pastry tart filled with mincemeat
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slang:Cockney_rhyming (usually plural) an eye
Etymology
Origin of mince pie
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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When you've polished off your turkey, all the trimmings, followed by Christmas pudding you might be feeling rather full - but a little while later there is often room for a mince pie.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023
Incidentally, this may well be the first recorded mention of a shop-bought mince pie, and the first shade of snobbery about them.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 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
And Alexander says, ‘No, we leave milk and mince pie.’
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
For my next visit I saved my own helping of mince pie.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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