pieman

n. 做馅饼的人, 卖馅饼的人

发音

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词形变化

piemen 复数 piemen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A man who sells pies.

  2. 2.

    The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

    英国 废旧 俚语

相关短语

toss the pieman tosses the pieman tossing the pieman tossed the pieman

词源

* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man. * (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.

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