pasty

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He tries a broccoli and Stilton pasty, a chicken pasty and a cheese and onion pasty before deciding that the bean and cheese pasty is the one he likes the best.

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  1. adjective Resembling paste in consistency.
  2. adjective Having a pale lifeless appearance; pallid: an unhealthy, pasty complexion.
  3. noun Chiefly British A pie or turnover, especially one filled with seasoned meat or fish.

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  • His complexion was pasty, his eyes pale and watery He wore no wrist watch at all, but a large, ancient timepiece was jammed into one vest pocket, attached to a heavy gold chain Effects of the gas lasted only a short time. —  077 - Merchants of Disaster
  • Joel's face was pasty, and he wouldn't look back at 17. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • His skin was pasty, and he was heavy about the eyes. —  Through the Wall - Miss Silver - 1950 - Wentworth, Patricia
  • Belegir tossed the dog a whole pasty, and Kurfan retreated behind the tree with his prize. —  The Warslayer
  • A good venison pasty, and very merry, and pleasant I made myself with my Lady, and she as much to me. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1664
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English pastey, from Old French paste, from Vulgar Latin *pastātum, from Late Latin pasta, paste; see paste1.

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  1. from paste + -y.
  2. from Middle English pastye, pastay, from Old French paste (French pâté, later English patty), a pasty, pie, from paste, paste: see paste.
 

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