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pie-house

pie-house is the alternative form of pie house.

Meaning of pie house

Noun

pie house (plural pie houses)

  1. A shop that sells pies.
    • The Pious Club derived its name, not from any devoutness in its members, but from the pie house where they met.1970, Edgar Johnson, “Bubbles in Champagne (1789–1792)”, in Sir Walter Scott: The Great Unknown, volume I, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →LCCN, part 2 (Makin’ Himsell A’ the Time...
    Synonyms:
    pieshop

Forms of pie-house

pluralpie-houses

Questions about pie-house

What is pie-house the alternative form of?
Pie-house is the alternative form of pie house.

Words near pie-house in the dictionary

  1. pie-eaters
  2. pie-eyed
  3. pie-faced
  4. pie-hole
  5. pie-holes
  6. pie-house
  7. pie-in-the-sky
  8. pie-warmer
  9. pie-warmers
  10. pie-wipe
  11. pie-wipes

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