toss the pieman in English

Forms: tosses the pieman [present, singular, third-person], tossing the pieman [participle, present], tossed the pieman [participle, past], tossed the pieman [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} toss the pieman (third-person singular simple present tosses the pieman, present participle tossing the pieman, simple past and past participle tossed the pieman)

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    {
      "form": "tosses the pieman",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tossing the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tossed the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tossed the pieman",
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      "glosses": [
        "To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin."
      ],
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        ],
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          "pieman",
          "pieman"
        ],
        [
          "coin toss",
          "coin toss"
        ],
        [
          "pie",
          "pie"
        ],
        [
          "forfeit",
          "forfeit"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, obsolete) To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "toss the pieman"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tosses the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tossing the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tossed the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tossed the pieman",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
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        "To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin."
      ],
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          "gamble"
        ],
        [
          "pieman",
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        ],
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          "coin toss",
          "coin toss"
        ],
        [
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          "pie"
        ],
        [
          "forfeit",
          "forfeit"
        ],
        [
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          "coin"
        ]
      ],
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        "(UK, obsolete) To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "toss the pieman"
}

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"toss the pieman" meaning in English

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