单词 | plum pie |
释义 | plum pien. 1. A pie containing raisins and currants; esp. a mince pie. Now historical.Perhaps originally containing prunes (see note at plum n. 4a, and cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > Christmas mince-pie Christmas pie1565 plum pie1589 nativity pie1602 mince pie1604 minced pie1607 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiv. 108 To haue gud spiced Sewe, and Roste, and plum-pies for a King. 1656 W. Denton Let. 29 Dec. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) 287 But a poore Xtmas dinner no sweet plum broath nor plum pye. 1769 Exploits of Renowned Robin Hood 5 Now mustard & braun, roast beef, & plum-pies, Were set upon every table. 1858 Times 6 Oct. 5/5 They had either eaten or carried off some roast beef and plum pies. 1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 10 Jan. There's Mary and her little lamb; Tommy Tucker with a plum pie; Little Boy Blue with his horn and his haystack. 2. A pie containing plums or prunes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > fruit pie vaunt1508 warden-pie1579 apple pie1589 gooseberry-pie1747 plum pie1747 huckleberry pie1751 apple dowdy1823 cobbler1859 lemon pie1909 lemon meringue1914 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 114 Make a Plumb Pye the same way, and a Gooseberry Pye. 1788 M. Cole Lady's Compl. Guide xix. 359 A plum pie, or a gooseberry pie, may be made in the same manner. 1830 S. Maunder Dict. Eng. Lang. Plumpie, a pie with plums in it. 1880 J. Ruskin Let. in Hortus Inclusus (1887) 70 I lunched with Cardinal Manning, and he gave me such a plum pie. 1948 Amer. Speech 23 122 Among the popular fruit pies are..plum pie,..cherry pie,..black-cherry pie. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Dec. 23/1 Save room for deep-dish apple, peach or plum pie, or blueberry tart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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