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tourtiere

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tour⋅tière

[toor-tyair]
–noun
a Canadian, esp. French Canadian, pastry-covered pie containing minced pork or other chopped meat and various chopped vegetables.
Also, tour⋅tiere.


Origin:
1950–55; < CanF; F: plate for tarts, equiv. to tourte tart (see torte ) + -ière, fem. of -ier -ier 2 ; see boutonniere
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