steak-and-kidney pie

See also: steak and kidney pie

English

Noun

steak-and-kidney pie (countable and uncountable, plural steak-and-kidney pies)

1. Alternative form of steak and kidney pie.
   • 1888, George R[obert] Sims, “The Young Play-Actor”, in Mary Jane Married: Tales of a Village Inn, London: Chatto & Windus, […], page 192:

     The only time I can remember Harry to have spoken really unkindly to me was when we had a badly-made steak-and-kidney pie for dinner, and he wasn’t very well after it, and that made him tetchy and irritable, a most unusual thing for him, and he was quite nasty with me and lost his temper over a trifle that, if the steak-and-kidney pie had been all right, he would only have laughed at.

   • 1924 August 19, Sonia Gray, “Truth Untinged”, in Birmingham Gazette, number 25,087, page 3, column 5:

     The steak-and-kidney pie got burnt and the pie-dish was cracked right across . . .

   • 1932 July 5, “Looking at the News”, in Daily Herald, number 5113, London, page 8:

     TRUE, the Americans carry their passion for iced drinks to dyspeptic lengths. But there seems no reason why, in the centre of the world’s greatest city yesterday—the hottest day of the year—there should have been such a lavish display of lukewarm beer, tepid salads and steak-and-kidney pie. Even the most despised Continental pocket-country is able to keep its food fresh and cool.

   • 1973 February 14, John Solan, “Hazard in the feet of lead”, in The Birmingham Post‎^[1]:

     Mr. Coombes’s department then moved to a fried-egg sandwich containing rodent pellets, and two steak-and-kidney pies filled with a “mush” of meat and gravy for ease of filling during manufacture.

   • 1985 March 17, Bettye Lee Mastin, “Here’s how to make the most of a short trip to London”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 3, number 74, Lexington, Ky., page D6, column 5:

     Picnic on the Victoria Embankment on the Thames with carryout steak-and-kidney pies, pates, salmon or roe from the food halls at Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly Street or Harrods department store in Knightsbridge.

   • 1988 March 22, “Scarisbrick Hotel: Advertising feature; Popular choice as a conference venue”, in Liverpool Echo, page 13:

     Tasty snacks, like filled potatoes, steak-and-kidney pies and toasted sandwiches, are available.

   • 2003 December 11, Jason Stein, “2004 Freelander”, in The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., page 1G:

     It sells like schnitzel or steak-and-kidney pie in other countries, but will it ever sell like hotcakes here? […] The rest of the world knows it and has gobbled up the Freelander like it’s hot schnitzel or steak-and-kidney pie.