- a variation of pie.
pye
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pye
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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A curious voice, leagues away, said: "Yer've got ter pye fer it, y'know."
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Under its vigorous stimulus the May-pole and the Yule-log were alike branded as heathenish observances, the Christmas-pie became a "pye of abomination," and all amusements, from the drama to bear-baiting, were censured with impartial severity.
From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
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
Saint-Evremond lived in England many years without learning more than a few words, such as those he quotes in his works: mince pye, plum-porridge, brawn, and Christmas.
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide
"If they know not, more's the pity, for the little shrew-mouse knoweth, And the kite knows, and the eagle, and the glead and pye."
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
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