bran pie

English

Noun

bran pie (plural bran pies)

1. Synonym of bran tub (“tub filled with bran in which small gifts are buried as a lucky dip”).
   • 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 35 (1968 edition):

     On festive occasions away from home we softened under the influence of Christmas trees, bran pies, and conjurors.