pie-warmer

plural pie-warmers

1. alternativeAlternative form of pie warmer.

   He was inspecting the old wood stove when suddenly a rooster crowed loudly, right beside him, it seemed, and Fred was so startled he whacked his head on the overhanging pie-warmer.

   2014 January 12, Dorcas Smucker, “Letter from Harrisburg: The kindest eyes always see the invisible […]”, in The Register-Guard, 147th year, number 76, Eugene, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E2, column 1

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   C. C. AIKMAN has received instructions from Mr Bell, to sell by auction on the above date [13 May], on the premises, near the White Hart Tavern, upwards of 200 tins of Confectionery. […] Also, / The shop fixtures, gas fittings, marble slab, pie-warmer, weights and scales, &c., &c., &c.

   1869 May 11, “[New Advertisements.] To Storekeepers, Confectioners, and Others”, in The Lyttelton Times, volume XXXI, number 2605, Christchurch, Canterbury: […] William Wheeler, […] James Wilkin, […], →OCLC, page [3], column 5

   The gratis soft drink mixers on the counter, the free jukebox in the lounge – loaded with classic 45s – the shelves piled high with books to borrow and read, and the vintage 1960s pie-warmer is the very spirit of the Laurieston and the Clancy family.

   2023 October 22, Norry Wilson, “The best bar none? Why nothing has to change at the city’s legendary Laurieston”, in The Herald on Sunday, Glasgow: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2