meat pie
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeatandpie
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meat
noun
uk/miːt/us/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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pie
noun[C or U]
uk/paɪ/us/paɪ/
a type of food made with meat, vegetables, or fruit covered in pastry ...
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(Definition ofmeatandpiefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Lark andmeatpieused to be sold at a well-known hostelry.
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I think it meant that a levy could be put on each pound ofmeatpieor sausages.
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Dinner consists ofmeatpie, cabbage, mashed potatoes, stewed figs and custard.
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He must not expect me to bring in themeatpiewith the file inside when the time comes.
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In another themeatpiefreezer was running at a temperature of 17·5 deg.
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That is probably a good idea—provided that the meat is really meat and not some of the odd ingredients that now get intomeatpiefoods.
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Historically, it also referred to an open-faced sandwich or canap because of its crusted appearance, or also a "chewet", a type ofmeatpie.
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Themeatpie(minced beef in a beef gravy, enclosed in a baked flaky pastry shell about 10 cm across) is a well-known take away item.
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Street vendors may offer it with the same condiments as themeatpie, such as a pickled cucumber and chopped raw onion, and with an optional hot dog sausage.
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But, after losing money on selling cloth to customers on credit, she started selling meat pies instead.
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There are unrationed things such as vegetable pies, meat pies and hot tea.
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They require variety, not just meat pies, but all classes of food for the people.
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It is obvious that we cannot run industrial canteens in the country districts, but we are giving them meat pies and the extra cheese rations.
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Edible offals, such as liver, kidneys, tongue and oxtail, and manufactured meats, such as sausages and meat pies, will be free of the ration.
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Do they go into our meat pies, or what?
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In addition, it means the manufactured meat that people eat: meat pies, sausages and other things that the public use.
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These meals usually consist of meat pies and cake or flour confectionery.
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The baker sells me cakes, buns and meat pies.
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There are pit-head canteens, transport workers' canteens, and "mess rooms," even those in which only sandwiches, meat pies, hot coffee and tea are served.
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Although difficulties of organisation and transport may make it necessary in certain areas to restrict the number of meat pies, snacks, etc.
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