potpie

[pot-pahy, -pahy]

noun

a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.

a stew, as of chicken or veal, with dumplings, biscuits, or the like.

Origin of potpie

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; pot¹ + pie¹

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Historical Examples of pot-pie

A beef steak in any pot-pie thickens and enriches the gravy.
Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book
Eliza Leslie
The English call a fruit-pie a tart; the Americans call a meat-pie a pot-pie.
The American Language
Henry L. Mencken
First thing you know you'll be switched to the pot-pie squad.
The Trimmed Lamp
O. Henry
The following I have found the best manner of making any kind of pot-pie.
Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book
H. J. Clayton
Jack's back, and he said that he would see to this pot-pie himself.
Bob Hunt in Canada
George W. Orton

British Dictionary definitions for pot-pie

potpie

noun

a meat and vegetable stew with a pie crust on top

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Word Origin and History for pot-pie

also potpie, 1823, American English, from pot (n.1) + pie (n.).