umble pie

[uhm-buhl]

noun

1. humble pie.

umble pie

/ ˈʌmbəl /

noun

1. See humble pie

Word History and Origins

Origin of umble pie¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

I dozn't keer a tinker's baad 'apenny whether tha knaw 'ow to 'rite tha mizchief or to read it, or whether king o' England is eatin' 'umble pie to the U-nited States top man, or noa,—I keerz nawt aboot it, noben way or t'other.

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Humble Pie.— the proverbial expression of "eating humble pie," explained by A.G., will be found also explained in the same manner in the Appendix to Forby's Vocabulary, where it is suggested that the correct orthography would be "umble pie," without the aspirate.

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I ate umble pie with an appetite.

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But Mis Bascum wouldn't hear of it, and kep' stirrin' of me up till I was ashamed to eat 'umble pie fust; so I waited to see how soon he'd come round.

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