Cornish pasty
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrnɪʃ ˈpæsti/
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pasty cornish
- So just like Cornish pasties are made here, Denby Pottery is made here in the UK, Pampers are made here as well, which I think is really cool.
Examples
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But a few years ago—about the time I'd long forgotten my Cornish pasty aspirations—a recipe found me.
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I still love Cornish pasties, though.
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After these two attempts at Cornish pasties, I'm done.
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I served my Cornish pasties at the potluck, thinking my coworkers would be delighted at this unique little meat pie.
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They almost all felt—and his classes were predominantly female—more desire to cook apple pies and Cornish pasties for him than to make violent love to him.
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At the local market, I bought a delicious Cornish pasty filled with meat and vegetables.
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For lunch, I enjoyed a hot Cornish pasty that reminded me of my childhood in Cornwall.
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We visited a bakery famous for its freshly baked Cornish pasties with flaky pastry and savory fillings.
Synonyms
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A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
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A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee
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A small baked pastry filled with meat and vegetables
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from 'Cornish' (from Cornwall) + 'pasty' (a filled pastry), so the meaning — a pasty associated with Cornwall — is directly derivable from the parts. This geographic adjective + noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun Cornish pasty comes from Cornwall, where miners took a folded pastry, the pasty, filled with meat and vegetables as a 'portable meal'. They pinched and sealed one side so they could hold it with dirty hands and throw that edge away, so today Cornish pasty means that hand-held baked pie.