PIE
NOUNS
► AMMUNITION pies and pastry, as doled out by the Salvation Army → Amer. World War I sl.
► A-PIE apple pie → 1967 US sl.
► BAKE-MEAT pastry; a pie → c1386 obs.
► BAKEMENT a pastry; a pie → 1877 Sc.
► BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust → 1925 Amer. logging usage
► BOGGY-TOP a pie with no top crust → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CALF-SLOBBER meringue, as on pies; a meringue topping → L19 US sl.
► CAPTAIN BLIGH a pie → 1990s rhyming sl.
► COALPIT a pie made with apples piled high like wood in a coal pit → 1828 Amer. dial.
► COFFIN a pie crust; a deep-dish pie or its pan → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DIDO a slash in the top of a pie crust to let out steam while the pie is baking → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DOG’S EYE a pie → 1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► DOZZLE an ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie crust → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAKE-PIE a pie containing leftovers → 1880 UK society sl.
► FALL-DOWNS fragments from a pie that fall from the larger piece or slice when it is being cut up; plates of such fragments were sold at a halfpenny a plate in cook-shops → L19 sl.
► FARMER’S ALLIANCE pumpkin pie → L19 US sl.
► FLOATER a meat pie in a bowl of peas or gravy → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► IRON-BOUND a hard-baked pie → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LENTEN PIE a pie containing no meat → 1592
► MAGGOT BAG a meat pie → 2003 Aust. sl.
► MAGPIE a pie → 19C sl., obs.
► MYSTERY PARCEL a meat pie → 2003 NZ sl.
► NAZI SPY a meat pie → 2002 Aust. rhyming sl.
► NEDDY-RACK egg and bacon pie → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NELLIE (BLIGH) ► NELLY (BLIGH) ► NELLY BLY a meat pie → 1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
► OVERCOAT a pie crust → 1940 US sl.
► SATURDAY PIE a pie made of odds and ends → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCABBY EYE a pie → Brit. rhyming sl.
► SINKER a meat pie → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SMACK IN THE EYE a pie → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► TANTARROW a pie made of meat, apples, etc.; something similar to a ‘squab-pie’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TURKEY-TOMB a turkey pie → 1640 humorous usage, obs.
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