mince pie

See also: mincepie

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

mince pie (plural mince pies)

1. A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.

   Synonyms: Christmas pie, mincemeat pie, (obsolete) shred pie, (obsolete) twelfth pie, (obsolete) Twelfth Night pie

2. (Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye.

   Gorblimey, guvnor, I couldn't believe me mince pies!

Translations

mincemeat-filled pie served around Christmas

• Bulgarian: коледен пай m (koleden paj)
• French: mince pie (fr) m, tarte au mincemeat f
• Irish: pióg mhionra f
• Italian: tortina natalizia f
• Japanese: ミンスパイ (minsupai)
• Manx: pye mynrey f
• Welsh: mins-pei f

See also

• fruitcake