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单词 pieman
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piemann.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪmən/, /ˈpʌɪˌman/, U.S. /ˈpaɪmən/, /ˈpaɪˌmæn/
Forms: see pie n.2 and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.2, man n.1
Etymology: < pie n.2 + man n.1
A man who makes pies for sale; a pie seller.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of bakery goods
pieman1301
waferer1362
wafroner1457
bun-seller1653
cake man1662
cake boy1776
muffin man1810
1301 in W. Brown Yorks. Lay Subsidy (1894) 87 (MED) Rogero Pyman.
1614 Edinb. Test. II. f. 388, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Py James Storie, pieman.
1784 Poll for Members Parl. Borough Colchester 16 Parr William, Pyeman.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 508 The flying pieman ceases his call.
1865 Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 204/2 Beware of cheap cook-shops and itinerant piemen.
1959 T. Shebunina tr. A. Tolstoy Peter the First i. 27 It was the fat pie-man with small eyes and rabbit-skin cap who had sold him the two baked pies.
1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon lxvi. 643 Upland Virginians come with shoes by the waggonload..Piemen and Milkmaids and Women of the Night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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