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pieman

pieman noun: a man who sells pies.

Noun

pieman (plural piemen)

  1. A man who sells pies.
    • Simple Simon met a pieman / Going to the fair; / Says Simple Simon to the pieman, / “Let me taste your ware.”1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 31
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

Forms of pieman

pluralpiemen

Origin of pieman

* 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.

Words formed from pieman

Phrases with pieman

Questions about pieman

What does pieman mean?
Pieman means a man who sells pies.
What part of speech is pieman?
Pieman is a noun.
What is the plural of pieman?
The plural of pieman is piemen.

Words near pieman in the dictionary

  1. Piels
  2. piem
  3. piemaker
  4. piemakers
  5. piemaking
  6. pieman
  7. piemen
  8. piemento
  9. Piemontese
  10. piemontite
  11. piemontites

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