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pieboy

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English

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Etymology

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From pie +‎ boy.

Noun

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pieboy (plural pieboys)

  1. (rare) A boy who sells pies.
    • 1977, Kathleen Berton, Moscow: an architectural history:
      The Church of the Archangel Gabriel is usually known as the Menshikov Tower after its original owner, AD Menshikov, an illiterate pieboy who rose to become Peter's closest confidant and adviser and the most powerful man in Russia.