pork pie

See also: porkpie

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Noun

pork pie (plural pork pies)

  2. A shortcrust pie containing chopped pork.
    Hypernym: meat pie
    Hyponyms: gala pie, Melton Mowbray, picnic pie, stand pie
  4. Ellipsis of pork pie hat.
  5. (Cockney rhyming slang, humorous) A lie.
    Synonyms: porker, porky, porky pie
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