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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pasty1 /ˈpasti/ (also pastie)

▶noun (pl. pasties) Brit. a folded pastry case filled with meat and vegetables.

– origin ME: from OFr. paste(e), based on late L. pasta ‘paste’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pasty2 /ˈpeɪsti/

▶adjective (pastier, pastiest)

1 of or like paste.

2 (of a person's face) unhealthily pale.

– derivatives
pastiness noun.

'pasty' also found in these Oxford entries:

bridie - Cornish pasty - pastie - patty - tiddy oggy

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