mince pie

See also: mincepie

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Noun

mince pie (plural mince pies)

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
(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
Japanese: ミンスパイ (minsupai)
Manx: pye mynrey f
Welsh: mins-pei f

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