"porky pie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: porky pies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} porky pie (plural porky pies)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) Lie (false statement). Tags: Cockney, in-plural, slang Synonyms: pork pie, porkie pie
    Sense id: en-porky_pie-en-noun-KsTmfkjv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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