Pasty
noun
A type of pie usually filled with meat and vegetables. It is shaped like a half circle and often eaten as a quick meal or snack.
She enjoyed a steak and ale pasty for lunch.
Often appears as...
- eat a pasty
- cornish pasty
adjective
Looking pale, without much color.
He looked pasty after a week in bed.
Often appears as...
- pasty complexion
- pasty face
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A type of pie usually filled with meat and vegetables. It is shaped like a half circle and often eaten as a quick meal or snack.
She enjoyed a steak and ale pasty for lunch.
Often appears as...
- eat a pasty
- cornish pasty
adjective
Looking pale, without much color.
He looked pasty after a week in bed.
Often appears as...
- pasty complexion
- pasty face
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3British Snack
Pasty is a popular snack in the UK, especially in Cornwall, with a distinct regional emphasis.
When visiting Cornwall, try their famous Cornish pasty.
Pro Tip 2/3Savory Filling
'Pasty' specifically refers to savory fillings, not sweet ones, making it different from desserts like pies.
I prefer a chicken pasty over a fruit pie for my midday snack.
Pro Tip 3/3Handheld Pie
Pasties are designed to be eaten without cutlery, hence their half-moon shape that's easy to hold.
I grabbed a pasty on my way to the meeting; no fork needed.
Pro Tip 1/3British Snack
Pasty is a popular snack in the UK, especially in Cornwall, with a distinct regional emphasis.
When visiting Cornwall, try their famous Cornish pasty.
Pro Tip 2/3Savory Filling
'Pasty' specifically refers to savory fillings, not sweet ones, making it different from desserts like pies.
I prefer a chicken pasty over a fruit pie for my midday snack.
Pro Tip 3/3Handheld Pie
Pasties are designed to be eaten without cutlery, hence their half-moon shape that's easy to hold.
I grabbed a pasty on my way to the meeting; no fork needed.
Pro Tip 1/3British Snack
Pasty is a popular snack in the UK, especially in Cornwall, with a distinct regional emphasis.
When visiting Cornwall, try their famous Cornish pasty.
Pro Tip 2/3Savory Filling
'Pasty' specifically refers to savory fillings, not sweet ones, making it different from desserts like pies.
I prefer a chicken pasty over a fruit pie for my midday snack.
Pro Tip 3/3Handheld Pie
Pasties are designed to be eaten without cutlery, hence their half-moon shape that's easy to hold.
I grabbed a pasty on my way to the meeting; no fork needed.
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The Armenian Massacre...
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How we can eat our...
result of that was some farmers up the amount of flock they got free rent Birds and then they went on to meet birds and although these are really really small steps that that increasing local economic confidence is starting to play out in a number of ways so we know how farmers doing cheese and live up the flocks a rare breed pigs pasties and pies and things that they
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The Armenian Massacre...
rim cannot tell its cat Arnold who found pasties fun party near John Arnold to tame them just cuts out
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Quote examples
Rainn Wilson
American Actor
Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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Marco Pierre White
British Chef
Just because something is English does not necessarily mean it is good. We make the best cheddar; we make great pasties. But we can't make very good brie or baguettes - and the French can't make pork pies.
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Olivia Thirlby
American Actress
I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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Aesop Rock
American Musician
Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not your classic lead man, Brad Pitt guy.
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Daryl Morey
American Businessman
Yeah, I definitely tend towards dry, sarcastic British humor. I actually aspire to be British - I'm pasty white as well.
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Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.
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Trisha Paytas
American Celebrity
Girls and boys would call me the Pillsbury Doughboy because I was overweight and pasty.
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Joe Cornish
English Comedian
In truth I don't like Cornish pasties.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
In winter I love a pasty.
Quote examples
Rainn Wilson
American Actor
Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
Quote examples
Marco Pierre White
British Chef
Just because something is English does not necessarily mean it is good. We make the best cheddar; we make great pasties. But we can't make very good brie or baguettes - and the French can't make pork pies.
Quote examples
Olivia Thirlby
American Actress
I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
Quote examples
Aesop Rock
American Musician
Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.
Quote examples
James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not your classic lead man, Brad Pitt guy.
Quote examples
Daryl Morey
American Businessman
Yeah, I definitely tend towards dry, sarcastic British humor. I actually aspire to be British - I'm pasty white as well.
Quote examples
Terry Wogan
Irish Entertainer
I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.
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Trisha Paytas
American Celebrity
Girls and boys would call me the Pillsbury Doughboy because I was overweight and pasty.
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Joe Cornish
English Comedian
In truth I don't like Cornish pasties.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
In winter I love a pasty.
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