pork pie
Britishnoun
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a pie filled with minced seasoned pork
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See porky 2
Example Sentences
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The crown was characteristic of a pork pie but had an irregular hand-formed crease; the brim was wide like a cowboy hat but not as stiff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
He found the saxophone player inside the oak, trimming away wood until a natty musician in a frock coat and a pork pie hat emerged.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2022
Episode 9, "Double Time" Easter egg: Two pork pie hats can be seen in the background through Charles' window.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2021
A rhubarb and custard dessert pie, made by Portsmouth's Mad K Pies, and an authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie by Dickinson & Morris were declared runners-up.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2021
“No taste for pork pie, my lord? The best pork pie we ever tasted, our fat friend would have us believe.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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