pieman C2 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈpaɪˌmæn/ UK /ˈpaɪmæn/ See IPA manual Freq #146238 Meanings 1 noun a man who makes or sells pies, especially a street vendor The pieman carried a tray of hot pies through the market. 2 noun historically, the person who called heads or tails in a street coin-tossing game The pieman took the stakes and called the toss. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a man who makes or sells... pie sellerpastry seller 2 noun · historically, the person... caller More vendor Word family Related forms pastry cookhawkerstreet vendor Etymology From Middle English pyman, a compound of pie and man. Pie sellers sometimes ran street coin-tossing games as a sideline, which produced the historical gambling sense. Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pieman **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpaɪˌmæn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpaɪmæn/ **Frequency rank:** 146238 ## Meanings 1. a man who makes or sells pies, especially a street vendor 2. historically, the person who called heads or tails in a street coin-tossing game ## Examples - The pieman carried a tray of hot pies through the market. - The pieman took the stakes and called the toss. ## Synonyms - pie seller - pastry seller - vendor ## Related Forms - pastry cook - hawker - street vendor ## Etymology From Middle English pyman, a compound of pie and man. Pie sellers sometimes ran street coin-tossing games as a sideline, which produced the historical gambling sense. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown