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The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
Edward Young

Meaning of "mince pie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINCE PIE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINCE PIE

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Mince pie is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINCE PIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mince pie

A mince pie, also known as minced pie, is a small British fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie traditionally served during the Christmas season. Its ingredients are traceable to the 13th century, when returning European crusaders brought with them Middle Eastern recipes containing meats, fruits and spices. The early mince pie was known by several names, including mutton pie, shrid pie and Christmas pie. Typically its ingredients were a mixture of minced meat, suet, a range of fruits, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Served around Christmas, the savoury Christmas pie was associated with supposed Catholic "idolatry" and during the English Civil War was frowned on by the Puritan authorities. Nevertheless, the tradition of eating Christmas pie in December continued through to the Victorian era, although by then its recipe had become sweeter and its size reduced markedly from the large oblong shape once observed. Today the mince pie remains a popular seasonal treat enjoyed by many across the United Kingdom.

Definition of mince pie in the English dictionary

The definition of mince pie in the dictionary is a small round pastry tart filled with mincemeat. Other definition of mince pie is an eye.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINCE PIE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MINCE PIE

apple pie
cottage pie
custard pie
cutie pie
deep-dish pie
eat humble pie
game pie
have a finger in the pie
humble pie
meat pie
mud pie
pecan pie
pork pie
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shepherd´s pie
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steak and kidney pie
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to be as American as apple pie
umble pie

Synonyms and antonyms of mince pie in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mince pie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINCE PIE

Find out the translation of mince pie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mince pie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mince pie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肉馅饼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pastel de carne picada
570 millions of speakers

English

mince pie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीमा पाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فطيرة اللحم المفروم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фарш пирог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torta de trituração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাঁটি পাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mince pie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pai mince
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mince Pie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミンスパイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말하다 파이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mince pie
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mince pie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நறுக்கு பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा पाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mayas pastası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mince pie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mince pie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фарш пиріг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

placinta carne tocată
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τάρτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maalvleis pie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Köttfärs paj
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mince pie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mince pie

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mince pie

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Edward Young
The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINCE PIE»

Discover the use of mince pie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mince pie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Romance of a Mince-Pie; an incident in the life of John ...
With a tolerably profuse hand he sprinkled the arsenic over the savoury contents of the mince-pie; and then hastily'flinging the remainder of the drug into the fire, covered the deadly pasty with its saucerlike top, and was in the act of depositing  ...
Angus Bethune Reach, 1848
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Backpacker
"I serve hot mince pie in a mug to trailmates on the first night out, particularly in winter. It tastes exactly like mince pie, except it takes only a one-burner stove to make." In-The-Mug Hot Mince Pie 1 8-ounce block of condensed mince pie mix 8  ...
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America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking
By the sixteenth century, mincemeat pie had hecome a Christmas treat.88 Gervase Markham's recipe for mince pie used a leg of mutton, mutton suet, currants, raisins, prunes, dates, orange peel, and spices. The top crust was to he opened ...
Keith W. F. Stavely, Kathleen Fitzgerald, 2004
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Joy of Cooking: All about pies & tarts
All about pies & tarts Irma von Starkloff Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker. Mince Pie Mince pie dates back to medieval English baking and came to America with the first settlers. Until the late nineteenth century, Americans ...
Irma von Starkloff Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, 2002
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The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present ...
Lent Mince Pie. BOIL fix eggs hard, chop them fine, pare and core twelve large pippins, and chop them fine, a pound of raisins of trie fun stoned and chopped fine, a pound of currants washed and picked clean and rubbed well in a cloth, ...
Richard Briggs, 1788
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Dashing Duke and His Dodgy Adventures
Perhaps I will have just one mince pie, he thought, And so the freshly baked mince pie tray he sought. The kitchen was empty and no one around So off with one mince pie, Duke to the garden was bound. Perhaps I will have just one mince pie, ...
Blossom Albuquerque, 2011
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Discovering Christmas Customs and Folklore: A Guide to ...
It is unlucky to refuse the offer of a mince pie, seen as a token rejection of seasonal luck. To eat a pie on each of the Twelve Days ensures twelve happy months; but the pies must be offered by a friend and baked in dozens to strengthen the ...
Margaret Baker, 1992
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The Works of Eugene Field Vol. XI: Sharps and Flats
“I have eaten mince pie all my life,——mince pie in the sacred groves of the Des Plaines, mince pie in the academic shades of Evanston, mince pie in the black- jack thickets of Egypt, and mince pie in the subterranean recesses of the Boston ...
Eugene Field, 2012
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Boys' Life
Undoubtedly mince pie was an obsession with the otherwise sensible, well- balanced, cold, calculating mistress of a hundred and sixty acres. Longingly Johnnie watched her rolling-pin work the crust — roll and turn, roll and turn, roll and turn.
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La Cuisine Creole
186 Dumpling Crust 188 Huckle or Whortleberry Pie 193 Lemon Pie .191, 192 Mince-meat 190 Mince-meat, for Christmas 190 Mince Pie Meat 189 Mince Pie Mixture 188, 189 Minee Pie Mock 191 Mince Pie, to fill, etc. 189 Mince Pie, without ...
Lafcadio Hearn, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINCE PIE»

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Waikato's winning pies
The bakery also collected a bronze award for his mince pie in the mince and gravy section. Choeu said his favourite pie was a good old kiwi ... «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
2
From Heston's chocolate to prosecco crisps, the big shops reveal …
There's plenty to drool over, with golden puddings, Christmas cocktails and even a mince pie martini. Where available, the prices have been ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Of recipes and G-spots: On India's 'magazine era'
Women treated these bound periodicals as trusted and treasured friends, for these pages gave them recipes for that coveted mince pie, ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Burnley woman celebrates hundredth birthday
I've never tasted a better mince pie!” Working at the bakery also led to her meeting the love of her life, Sam Fielding, a clogger from Todmorden. «Burnley Express, Jul 15»
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An eye for the perfect pie
These days, he says the best mince pie in Auckland is in Drury. "Strangely I find the meat pies I can buy in places like that are cheaper and ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
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Christmas day dessert: Tom Cenci's mince pie cheesecake with …
Well we've got the perfect solution thanks Tom Cenci, Head Chef at Duck & Waffle – mince pie cheesecake with clementine curd. It's festive ... «Metro, Dec 14»
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WATCH: Champion chompers take on mince pie challenge
Students from City of Wolverhampton College who have taken part in a mince pie eating challenge, where they had try and eat 3 pies in 1 ... «expressandstar.com, Dec 14»
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Meet the teacher, 27, who is ALLERGIC to Christmas: 'A mince pie
Amanda suffers from such severe allergies that just one festive treat over the party season could cause her throat to close up and she would ... «Express.co.uk, Dec 14»
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It's a MUGs game: Mini mince pie trifles
... ○ Coarsely crumble the mince pies into six espresso cups or little dishes, about 150ml (5fl oz) each, and drizzle 1 tsp of the liqueur over ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
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Mince pie Wensleydale cheese is the most Christmassy thing that's …
And aside from the chocolate and turkey and family size tubs of Pringles, the traditional ways to gain a few festive pounds are mince pies and ... «Metro, Dec 14»

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