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stargazy pie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stargazy pie
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Cornish dish of baked pilchards, covered with a pastry crust, arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the crust.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From stargaze + -y and pie, the upturned fish seeming to stare skywards.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

stargazy pies (plural) stargazey pie (alternative) starry-gazy pie (alternative)

Questions

What does stargazy pie mean?
A Cornish dish of baked pilchards, covered with a pastry crust, arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the crust.
Where does stargazy pie come from?
From stargaze + -y and pie, the upturned fish seeming to stare skywards.

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