• hotpie

hotpie (pluralhot pies)

1. Asavorypie (intended to be) served hot, especially one that isfreshlybaked.
   • 1963, Joyce Stirling,The Best of Joyce Stirling, page58:

     With those historic words, thehot pie—for long the national dish of Australia's common people, came into its own. In other words, thehot pie has entered society.

   • 2010, Gerald Carson,The Social History of Bourbon, page153:

     Between races at a county fair, according to "Pappy," a little merchant carried a basket up and down the rail, shouting "Hot pie . . . get yo'hot pie!"

   • 2013, Robert Danskin,Beyond the Radical Road, page61:

     After the match one of my colleagues suggested we visit his uncle's club where we'd get a cup of tea and ahot pie.

   • 2014, Emma Jane Holloway,A Study in Silks:

     Her voice was barely audible above the sound of steam cycles purring past and a boy sellinghot pies.

   • 2020 January 15, Jules Scullyon, “Pukka debuts plastic-free packaging for pie portfolio”, inFoodBev:

     Pukka has unveiled new plastic-free packaging for its range ofhot pies, alongside a raft of recipe improvements.

2. Apizza made withromanocheese rather thanmozzarella.
   • 1997, The Ossining Historical Society,Ossining Remembered:

     The two most popular pizza parlors (after we stopped calling it “LaBeetz” or “hot pie” and began calling it pizza) were One-O-Five and the Half Moon.

   • 2012, L. Divine,Drama High: Jayd's Legacy:

     He takes a slice from thehot pie and folds it in half like a hot dog before biting into it. He's a pro at eating pizza.

   • 2012, Jack Edward Shay,Bygone Binghamton:

     Marie Sharak, the co-owner of Sharkey's and someone who also made more than a few pizzas at her restaurant, addressed the issue of pizza versushot pie.

   • 2016 October 24, “Searching for the story of Tier's 'hot pie'”, inPress & Sun-Bulletin:

     Hot pies are topped with grated romano, while the traditional is topped with a mix of romano and mozzarella.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seehot,‎pie.
   • 2003, Carol Chapman, Moira Sheehan,Catalyst: A Framework for Success:

     Think about ahot pie taken out of the oven and left to cool on a 4 wire rack.

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