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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—U

Umble-pie

A pie made of umbles—i.e. the liver, kidneys, etc., of a deer. These “refuse” were the perquisites of the keeper, and umble-pie was a dish for servants and inferiors.

“The keeper hath the skin, head, umbles, chine, and shoulders.” —Holinshed: Chronicle, i. 204.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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