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humble pie Definition


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humble pie
umble pie
noun
    1. A pie made from the umbles or entrails of a deer.
Idiom: eat humble pie
    To be forced to humble or abase oneself, or to make a humble apology.
Etymology: 17c: ultimately from 14c numbles the offal of a deer.



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