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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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
Only time will tell whether in four hundred years, people will celebrate this week's pork pie plot with similar relish.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022
The stylistic prerequisites included army-surplus trench coats festooned with pins and badges, pork pie hats and anything with a checkerboard pattern.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2021
Episode 9, "Double Time" Easter egg: Two pork pie hats can be seen in the background through Charles' window.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
I heard Mr. Hubble remark that “a bit of savory pork pie would lay atop of anything you could mention, and do no harm,” and I heard Joe say, “You shall have some, Pip.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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