mince pie

or minced pie

noun

1. a pie filled with mincemeat.

mince pie

noun

1. a small round pastry tart filled with mincemeat
2. slang:Cockney_rhyming.
   usually plural an eye

Word History and Origins

Origin of mince pie¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Not merely the old mince pie, but a thousand strictly American seedlings from that main stock, evinced the power of American housewives to adapt old institutions to new uses.

From Washington Post

"Tell them about Huldah's mince pie," said Mrs. Balcom, as she looked up from a copy of Whittier she had been reading.

From Project Gutenberg

When we come home from church and find the turkey cooked and the potatoes ready to mash and the mince pie sizzling hotyum, yum!

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Wouldn't that be mince pie atop of roast turkey and cranberry sauce?

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There will soon be one b-e-eg mince pie we-eth Captain Wright eenside.

From Project Gutenberg

And even the aggressive clove curls up and faints when ordered to disguise a mince pie breath.

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