mince pie

  • 111gowpin — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Not very nice. This mince pie is goupin an it s only ten days past the sell by. Dae ye want it furr yerr tea or will ah gie it tae the wean? …

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  • 112banbury cake — /ˈbænbəri keɪk/ (say banbuhree kayk) noun a kind of mince pie. {named after Banbury, a town in the county Oxfordshire, southern England} …

  • 113Father Christmas —    The earliest evidence for a personified Christmas is a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435 to 1477 (Dearmer and Williams, Oxford Book of Carols (1928), no. 21, 41 3); it is a sung dialogue between someone… …

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  • 114Father Christmas — noun the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas • Syn: ↑Santa Claus, ↑Santa, ↑Kriss Kringle, ↑Saint Nicholas, ↑Saint Nick, ↑St. Nick • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 115Banbury cake — n. a flat pastry with a spicy currant filling. Etymology: Banbury in S. England, where it was orig. made * * * a small, oval pastry containing currants, candied peel, honey, spices, etc., usually with three parallel cuts across the top. Also… …

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  • 116Cyanopica — Pie bleue Pie bleue …

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  • 119mincemeat — mince•meat [[t]ˈmɪnsˌmit[/t]] n. coo a diced mixture, as of minced apples, suet, raisins, and sometimes meat, for filling a pie • make mincemeat of Etymology: 1655–65 …

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  • 120Christmas dinner — An oven roasted turkey. Christmas dinner is the primary meal traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. In many ways the meal is similar to a standard Sunday dinner. Christmas feasts have traditionally been luxurious and abundant.… …

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