pieman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man who sells pies.
  2. The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pieman.wav

Word forms

pieman piemen

Etymology

* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man. * (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.

Derived words

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