pye
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pye
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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According to the former of these gentlemen, who graduated in 1746, the "breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer"; and "evening commons were a pye."
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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
The world will be astonished when it comes to light; and not a soul will suppose that old Solomon had a finger in the pye.
From The Stranger A Drama, in Five Acts by Kotzebue, August von
He koude rooste and seethe and boille and frye, Maken martreux and wel bake a pye ...
From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna
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 Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
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