Melton Mowbrayn.
/ˌmɛlt(ə)n ˈməʊbri/, /ˌmɛlt(ə)n ˈməʊbreɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɛlt(ə)n ˈmoʊbri/ In full Melton Mowbray pie. A raised meat pie, usually made with pork, of a kind originally produced in Melton Mowbray.
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1875 Grocer 3 July p. xiii (advt.) The original Melton Mowbray pies. Messrs. Evans & Hill continue to supply their pork and veal and ham pies, in hampers containing not less than twenty pounds, direct from the factors.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iv. 59 Stretching out their legs under a table glorified with toasted Sally Lunns and Melton Mowbrays..they..smiled with the triumphant content which comes to him whose hunger for dreams and hunger for meat-pies are satisfied together.
1966 Times 28 Dec. 9/7 With Melton Mowbray pies a lost cause, Mr Young and his fellow citizens are doubly keen to protect their copyright on Melton Hunt cake.
1998 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 27 Aug. 17 Their pies contain cured pork where a genuine Melton Mowbray pie should contain only fresh pork.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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