pieman
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A person who made or sold pies on the street in the past
- noun
- /ˈpaɪmən/
- Archaic
:
vendedor de pasteles
- The pieman shouted his daily specials to attract customers.
Examples
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Every Saturday, a pieman sets up his stall in the town square.
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But it works for perfume, it works for selling pies (ask Simple Simon's pieman), and it works for professional services, for example.
Blog text (16) -
We found the pieman selling pies at the fair.
Synonyms
baker
vspieman
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A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and similar foods
focuses on a single type of baked food and mainly sold on the street
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Etymology
Pieman is made from the simple parts pie and man, where pie means 'a round pastry with filling' and man means 'a person'. So it originally meant someone who made or sold pies, often a street seller, which is why it means a pie seller today.