Etymology of Pie


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1) pie noun 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usually with a top and base of pastry.  2 anything resembling a pie in form (a mud pie).  easy as pie very easy.  pie chart a circle divided into sectors to represent relative quantities.  pie eater (Australian slang) a person of little account.  pie-eyed (slang) drunk.  pie in the sky an unrealistic prospect of future happiness after present suffering; a misleading promise

2) pie noun (archaic) 1 a magpie, 2 a pied animal


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