cottage pie

noun

: a shepherd's pie made especially with beef

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Limited time menu for select games – see full schedule online – of scotch eggs, Londoner wings, Reuben sandwich, Guinness cheesesteak, fish and chips, cottage pie and more. Ella Gonzales june 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026 McGill's last meal included cottage pie, green salad, onion rings, bread and butter, and chocolate cake. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 20 May 2026 Gaels Public House & Sports will be serving draft beers ($3), Fireball shots ($3), tall boy + whiskey ($7), as well as regular menu food items like nachos, pub poutine, shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, handhelds and pizza. Noelle Alviz-Gransee march 16, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026 While there are six varieties of cottage pie listed on the menu, only two are available each night. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025 Wills and Harry loved cottage pie, pizza, chicken nuggets, french fries, potato wedges, macaroni cheese. Janine Henni, People.com, 11 June 2025 Featured Recipe View Recipe → For dinner that night, how about cottage pie? Sam Sifton, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 When the dish is made with ground beef, it's called cottage pie. Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024 The menu, dreamed up by chef Michael Alfeld, features continental and coastal dishes like Cajun chicken, cottage pie, lobster ginger halibut, and stuffed Atlantic cod with white wine butter. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cottage pie was in 1791

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“Cottage pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottage%20pie. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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