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• a variation of pie.

pye

American  

[pahy] / paɪ /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. a variant of pie.

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pye British  

/ paɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of pie 5

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Etymology

Origin of pye

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

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pye

There’s some pye in the case, of course, but we can correct as we go on, eh?

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville

Let your caudle be white-wine, verjuice, some sack and sugar; thicken it with the yolks of eggs, and when the pye is baked, pour it in, and serve it hot.

From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew

Only, says she, if you do that you’ll ’ave to pye for it with every step you tykes; for every step you tykes’ll be like walkin’ on sharp blydes.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

My aunt Deming1 says I shall make one pye myself at least.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green

Query.—Does the phrase "to eat humble pie," used to signify a forced humiliation, owe its origin to the "umble pye" specified above?

From Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 by Various