meat pie

noun

1. A pie containing meat.

   “My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.”

   “If flour ran short we can be certain it was saved for gravies, dumplings, cakes and gingerbread, and pie crust, and most particularly for meat pie.”

2. A hand-sized pot pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and typically consumed as a takeaway food snack.

   “(a) Meat pie is cooked meat with or without cereal, condiments seasoning and water, enclosed in a case of pastry. (b) Meat pie shall contain not less than twenty-five parts per centum of meat when determined by the prescribed method.”

   “Meat pies are an Australian favourite and are sold in cake and sandwich shops from one end of the land to the other. The classic version is simple – an individual, 2-crust pie full of chopped beef in a rich gravy.”