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potpie

American  
[pot-pahy, -pahy] / ˈpɒtˌpaɪ, -ˈpaɪ /
Or pot pie

noun

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

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


potpie British  
/ ˈpɒtˌpaɪ /

noun

  1. a meat and vegetable stew with a pie crust on top

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of potpie

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; pot 1 + pie 1

Example Sentences

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At Barking Frog, you can enjoy a three-course meal featuring brined turkey breast, beef tenderloin, seared wild salmon or a vegan veggie potpie as the entree, plus a starter and a dessert.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2023

“It’s like saying that new restaurant is better than this chicken potpie that fell on the sidewalk. It is, but you’re not really giving me much useful information there.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2023

Recommended for the dreamy updated-diner setting, gorgeous house omelet, excellent vegetable potpie, crispy-hot fried oysters, chilled mussel roll, enormous rib-eye, silky mashed potatoes, exceptionally well-chosen natural wines, beer nerds’ favorites and very good cocktails.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2019

For more than 25 years, two cooks from Zinn’s Diner were hired to prepare meals in camp, from potpie from scratch to smoked brisket.

From Washington Times Apr. 8, 2017

Creating an actual, edible dinner out of a sidewalk-hard, so-cold-it-burned-your-hand box of chicken legs or a potpie began to seem a little bit magical.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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