pieman

P3I1E1M3A1N1

noun

A man who sells pies.

OriginMiddle English pyman →
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Meanings

nounpieman (plural piemen)

plural piemen

  1. A man who sells pies.

    Simple Simon met a pieman / Going to the fair; / Says Simple Simon to the pieman, / “Let me taste your ware.”

    1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 31
  2. UKobsoleteslangThe man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishpyman
  2. Englishpieman

* 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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APA

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MLA

“pieman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pieman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pieman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pieman.

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