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pieman

The English word “pieman” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A man who sells pies.
  2. The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

Etymology

* From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie + -man. * (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.

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