pieman

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English pyman (attested as a surname), equivalent to pie +‎ -man. (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline. === Pronunciation === === Noun === pieman (plural piemen) A man who sells pies. (UK, slang, obsolete) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary