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noun
A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Quebec, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).
