Meanings
nounYorkshire pie (plural Yorkshire pies)
plural Yorkshire pies
- UKhistoricalA very large, tall pie filled with mixed meats.
A young servant-girl then brought in a Yorkshire pie and some cold beef; which, being set upon the table, the boy called Smike appeared with a jug of ale.
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC
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