"pieman" meaning in All languages combined

See pieman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: piemen [plural]
Etymology: * 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pyman}} Middle English pyman, {{suf|en|pie|man}} pie + -man, {{sense|caller in gambling games}} (caller in gambling games): Head templates: {{en-noun|piemen}} pieman (plural piemen)
  1. A man who sells pies.
    Sense id: en-pieman-en-noun-ncXl7h5D
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-pieman-en-noun-y2Tsng-W Disambiguation of Occupations: 20 80 Disambiguation of People: 22 78 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: toss the pieman

Inflected forms

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