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humble-pie

humble-pie is the alternative form of humble pie.

Meaning of humble pie

Noun

humble pie (countable and uncountable, plural humble pies)

  1. (dated) A pie made from the offal of deer or hog.
  2. (idiomatic) Humility, being humble.
    • Talking of piemen, humble-pie before proud-cake for me. This notion of being lone and lofty is a sad mistake.1857 April 1, Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, New York, N.Y.: Dix, Edwards & Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of humble-pie

pluralhumble-pies

Questions about humble-pie

What is humble-pie the alternative form of?
Humble-pie is the alternative form of humble pie.

Words near humble-pie in the dictionary

  1. humble plants
  2. humble-bee
  3. humble-bees
  4. humble-hearted
  5. humble-heartedness
  6. humble-pie
  7. humblebee
  8. humblebees
  9. humblebird
  10. humblebirds
  11. humblebrag

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