Meaning of pie crust | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The crust of a pie.
   countable, uncountable
2. Ellipsis of pie crust collar.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Examples

“[T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.”

“A new generation is already taking to the silk scarf in hair and around necks, velvet headbands as well as pearls and pie crusts.”

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