pie1
n.
a baked dish of savoury or sweet ingredients encased in or topped with pastry.
Phrase
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(as)
—— as pie
informal very ——. - pie in the sky
informal something pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized.
Etymology
ME: prob. the same word as pie2, the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpie.
pie2
n.
used in names of birds resembling a magpie, e.g.
tree pie.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. pica ‘magpie’.
pie3
n.
a former monetary unit of the Indian subcontinent, equal to one twelfth of an anna.
Etymology
from Hindi pā'ī, from Sanskrit pada, padī ‘quarter’.