pasty
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈpæsti/
- UK
:
empanada
- Brita had brought meat pasties, still slightly warm from the oven, wrapped in cloth napkins.
- Cornish pasty
- meat pasty
Again, just a little mixture of cash versus fancy, the cash being the piece of pasty on my shorts.
- Again, just a little mixture of cash versus fancy, the cash being the piece of pasty on my shorts.
- And I chose I chose a Big Mac meal from McDonald's Texas BBQ pizza from Domino's pasty because, you know, has to represent Cornwall.
Examples
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She enjoyed a warm Cornish pasty filled with beef and potatoes for lunch.
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Cornish pasty is usually a meat filled pasty puff pastry and I think it was invented by Cornish miners or builders.
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You'd better offer him a pasty as well.
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You have the Cornish pasty from Cornwall, England.
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My belly is rumbling and I bought a pasty before I started filming.
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I'll promise you the finest venison pasty, and the biggest you ever ate.
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I still love Cornish pasties, though.
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Two pumpkin pasties, please.
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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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At the end of the summer, when vegetables were abundant, the pasties were served with boiled potatoes sprinkled with dill or parsley and sliced cucumbers.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
696
1.0
A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
90
1.0
A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee
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3.1
A small pastry with a meat or vegetable filling
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5.7
A baked pastry from Cornwall filled with meat and vegetables, folded and pressed on one side
Compounds
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5.7
A baked pastry from Cornwall filled with meat and vegetables, folded and pressed on one side
How Filling
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Etymology
Pasty for the Cornish food comes from the same root as paste and pastry, meaning 'dough'. So a pasty is simply dough filled with meat or vegetables and baked, a kind of small hand pie.