Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pieman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: pie-man
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who sells pies.

noun

The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"Simple Simon met a pieman / Going to the fair; / Says Simple Simon to the pieman, / “Let me taste your ware.”"

Etymology

* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man. * (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: pyman
Suffix: pie

Usage

British usage
Obsolete
Slang

Inflected Forms

piemen (plural)

Phrases

toss the pieman

Questions

What does pieman mean?: A man who sells pies.
Where does pieman come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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