Jack Horner pie
Jack Horner pie noun: a paper ornament, or sawdust-filled pan, etc. containing hidden gifts to be drawn out by children at a party.
Noun
Jack Horner pie (plural Jack Horner pies)
- A paper ornament, or sawdust-filled pan, etc. containing hidden gifts to be drawn out by children at a party.
- Sometimes, instead of being hung on the tree, the children's gifts are put in a Jack Horner pie, a pan filled with sawdust in which the gifts are hidden, to be pulled out by each little Jack Horner in turn.1894, Pratt Institute Monthly, volume 2, page 105
- Elsie Duncan Yale, When Mother Lets Us Give a Party
In the center of the table should be a “Jack Horner” pie, in the form of a large paper rose, and from this “pie,” pink ribbons run to each place. (A Jack Horner pie can be bought, all ready to set on the table.)
Forms of Jack Horner pie
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Origin of Jack Horner pie
In reference to the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner.
Questions about Jack Horner pie
- What does Jack Horner pie mean?
- Jack Horner pie means a paper ornament, or sawdust-filled pan, etc. containing hidden gifts to be drawn out by children at a party.
- What part of speech is Jack Horner pie?
- Jack Horner pie is a noun.
- What is the plural of Jack Horner pie?
- The plural of Jack Horner pie is Jack Horner pies.
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