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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a meat pie" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a type of food that consists of meat enclosed in pastry.
Example: "For lunch, I decided to treat myself to a delicious meat pie from the local bakery."
Alternatives: "a meat pastry" or "a meat-filled pie".
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A meat pie should be large.
Heaven, she wrote, "will never throw you a meat pie".
He had a bottle of Victoria Bitter and a meat pie for his dinner.
"Actually, I would like to have a meat pie right now".
In sport, crossing over for a meat pie is rugby slang for scoring a try.
A meat pie starter with faint flavor met with a similar fate.
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Illinois has popcorn as a state snack; Louisiana has a state meat pie; Ohio has a state meal, the chicken fried steak.
We followed a screening of Sweeney Todd with an excursion to a Lower East Side meat pie shop.
Using that same dough, I've made a version of a Jamaican meat pie with leftover short ribs, stripping the meat off the bones, and reseasoning and reheating it in a little stock to get a bit more zip.
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