Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who sells pies; also, a man who makes pies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who makes or sells pies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man who sells
pies .
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Examples
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The mission is a personal one for Jackson, who is saddened at how Ballou has declined since her student days She grew up in Southeast, the daughter of a "pieman" who delivered fresh pies for Mrs. Smith's.
Librarian at D.C.'s Ballou High scrambles for books Bill Turque 2011
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The mission is a personal one for Jackson, who is saddened at how Ballou has declined since her student days She grew up in Southeast, the daughter of a "pieman" who delivered fresh pies for Mrs. Smith's.
Librarian at D.C.'s Ballou High scrambles for books Bill Turque 2011
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Now Joe the plumber -- and Herman the pieman -- pretend they know how to lead the nation.
Harlow Giles Unger: When Statesmen Led the Nation Harlow Giles Unger 2011
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Now Joe the plumber -- and Herman the pieman -- pretend they know how to lead the nation.
Harlow Giles Unger: When Statesmen Led the Nation Harlow Giles Unger 2011
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Naples, and containing actual drippings of sweat from a pieman who can trace his lineage back to a 15th generation pizzaiolo, forget about it.
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Along the way, Chuck bakes antidepressants into pies for her eccentric aunts, who believe she's dead; a woman is killed by a scratch-and-sniff book; and a rival candy-store owner, desperately afraid of birds, is out to sabotage the pieman.
Replanting ABC's 'Pushing Daisies': Will it bloom or wilt? 2008
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I thought the first one looked like a distorted and VERY pale purple pieman from strawberry shortcake ...complete with the bakers hat! humm wonder if they would do it in purple for me LOL....
Ghosts with the Most, Continued Jen 2008
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Faire is pronounced like simple simon met a pieman going to the faire.
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Aron Kay, the Yippie! pieman, holds the lemon meringue pie that he\'ll be striking the photo of John McCain with. '
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Cross over, Uncle Will, and mind the kidney pieman at the corner!
The Chimes 2007
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