dirt-pien.

Forms: see dirt n. and pie n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., pie n.²

Etymology: < dirt n. + pie n.² Compare mud-pie n.

Mud or wet earth formed by children into a shape like a pie; a mud-pie.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > mud-pie or sandcastle

dirt-piea1642

mud-pie1788

sand pie1833

sandcastle1854

a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 82 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) That which has newly left off making of dirt-pyes, and is but preparing it self for loam, and a green-sickness.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 64 And for the Young Woman..I thought it more fitting for her to learn her Sampler, and make Dirt-pies, than to look after a Husband.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §64 470 Their Towns..gave Way like Dirt Pyes before his Army.

1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 159 Busy in the confection of the dirt-pyes of their imaginary constitutions.

1854 W. M. Thackeray J. Leech's Pictures (1869) 333 Poor little ragged Polly making dirt-pies in the gutter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dirt-pie
释义	dirt-pien. Forms: see dirt n. and pie n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., pie n.² Etymology: < dirt n. + pie n.² Compare mud-pie n. Mud or wet earth formed by children into a shape like a pie; a mud-pie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > mud-pie or sandcastle dirt-piea1642 mud-pie1788 sand pie1833 sandcastle1854 a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 82 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) That which has newly left off making of dirt-pyes, and is but preparing it self for loam, and a green-sickness. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 64 And for the Young Woman..I thought it more fitting for her to learn her Sampler, and make Dirt-pies, than to look after a Husband. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §64 470 Their Towns..gave Way like Dirt Pyes before his Army. 1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1823) VII. 159 Busy in the confection of the dirt-pyes of their imaginary constitutions. 1854 W. M. Thackeray J. Leech's Pictures (1869) 333 Poor little ragged Polly making dirt-pies in the gutter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1642
随便看	to go out clubbing to go out for one's tea to go out in the poll to go out like a light to go out night-clubbing to go out nightclubbing to go out of curl to go out of kind to go out of one's mind to go out of one's way to go out of one's way to do something to go out of the stable to go out of the window to go out of this world to go out of use to go out on strike to go out the window to go out to fight to go over to go over a person's head to go over big to go over the falls to go over the heckle pins to go over the left shoulder to go over the score