shepherd's pie

English

Alternative forms

  • shepherds' pie

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Noun

shepherd's pie (countable and uncountable, plural shepherd's pies)

  1. A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.
    Coordinate terms: cottage pie (broadly synonymous); shepherdess pie, shepherdless pie; Admiral's pie, Cumberland pie, fisherman's pie, fish pie, pâté chinois; potpie
    • 1968, “The Hungry Intruder”, in Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, performed by Small Faces:
      Here am I / Tiny Fly / May I share your Shepherd's Pie?

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