tourtiere

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A form of tourtière — A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nountourtiere (countable and uncountable, plural tourtieres)

plural tourtieres

  1. CanadaalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of tourtière.

    What I wanted Anna to understand was that I was more from here than she was. At least half my people were from Cape Breton. Salt water did run in my veins. Okay, so it was mixed with a bit of tourtiere, but it was there.

    2011, Michelle Ferguson, “Alice’s Kitchen”, in From Away, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 13
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