Meaning of piehouse | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of pie house.

form-of, rare

Examples

“A Piehouse Discourse on the Philosophy of Baking will be delivered at Batter-sea.”

“Now there’ll be a jackpot an’ no mistake. I’ll be desperate thataway. Like a hungry hobo locked up in a piehouse. Like a weary pilgrim who hears them pearly gates clang shut behind him . . .”

“Unconcerned, the literati continued to patronize the taverns, which also served as meeting places for a variety of clubs, ranging from the Industrious Club and the Pious Club (which convened in a piehouse) to the Sweating Club and the Spendthrift Club (members’ expenditures were limited to fivepence an evening).”

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