Sophie vs Pie - What's the difference?
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* 1832 , English Songs , 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie"):
* 1991 , Talking It Over , ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 241, 252:
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* 1995 , Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782 ,
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
(Northeastern US) Pizza.
(figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
* It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. But when the pie is shrinking, social groups are more likely to turn on each other.'' — , ''[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html Why It’s Time to Worry] , Newsweek 2010-12-04
(letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
(cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
(pejorative) a gluttonous person.
A pie chart.
* 1986 , Carolyn Sorensen, ?Henry J. Stock, Department of Education Computer Graphics Guide (page 8)
(slang) The vulva.
* 1981 , William Kotzwinkle, Jack in the Box
* 2010 , W. A. Moltinghorne, Magnolia Park (page 238)
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
(historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, page 117:
As nouns the difference between sophie and pie
is that sophie is while pie is foot.sophie
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie ? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?
- No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
- Sophie' Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. ' Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.
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- Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie ," he said. "I have one more stone still."
pie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), unknown origin.Noun
- The family had steak and kidney pie''' for dinner and cherry '''pie for dessert.
- Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.
- Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.
- "Yeah, take it off!" "SHOW US YOUR PIE !" The brunette opened the catch on her G-string and let the sequinned cloth slip down, teasing them with it.
- Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie . Women, too, or so I've heard.
Derived terms
* apple pie * chicken pie * cottage pie * cream pie * cutie pie * easy as pie * have one's fingers in many pies * humble pie * meat pie * mince pie * mud pie * party pie * pie chart * pie floater * pie in the sky * pie-eater * pie-eyed * pie-faced * piehole * pieing * piemaker * piet * pork pie * pot pie * shepherd's pie * steak and kidney pie * sweet as pie * who ate all the piesSee also
* pastie * pastyVerb
(d)- I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pie, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* piebaldEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.