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piemen

piemen is the plural of pieman.

Meaning of pieman

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.

Questions about piemen

What is piemen the plural of?
Piemen is the plural of pieman.

Words near piemen in the dictionary

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

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