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toss the pieman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
toss the pie-man
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin.

British usage; Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

tosses the pieman (present, singular) tossing the pieman (participle, present) tossed the pieman (participle, past) tossed the pieman (past)

Questions

What does toss the pieman mean?
To gamble with a pieman by means of a coin toss, either winning a free pie or forfeiting the coin.

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