"hand pie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand pies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand pie (plural hand pies)
  1. (US) (Southern) A semilunar pastry with either a sweet or savory filling, formed by placing a dollop of filling onto a circular piece of biscuit-style dough and then folding it over and crimping it shut. They may be baked, fried or deep-fried. A pasty. Tags: US Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: fried pie
    Sense id: en-hand_pie-en-noun-w7ILmmCV Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hand pie meaning in English (1.8kB)

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