pie
pie (pī)
noun
- a baked dish made with fruit, meat, etc., and having either an under crust, an upper crust, or both
- a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream, jelly, etc.
- ☆ Slang
- something extremely good or easy
- political graft
- a total amount to be divided in shares
Etymology: ME, akin ? to pie
(as) easy as pie
pie (pī)
noun
Etymology: OFr < L pica, magpie, akin to picus, woodpecker < IE base *(s)piko-, woodpecker > Ger specht
pie (pī)
noun
Etymology: transl. of ML(Ec) pica, prob. < or akin to pie
PIE
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