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PORKPIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does porkpie mean?
• PORKPIE (noun)
The noun PORKPIE has 1 sense:
1. man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
Familiarity information: PORKPIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
porkpie; porkpie hat
Hypernyms ("porkpie" is a kind of...):
snap-brim hat (a hat with a snap brim)
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