"pieman" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man.\n* (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.",
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        "A man who sells pies."
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        "The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing."
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        "(UK, slang, obsolete) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing."
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  "etymology_text": "* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man.\n* (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.",
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        "The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing."
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