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    [Noun]  | "pas*try" | \ ˈpā-strē \


    1: a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste

    2: usually sweet baked goods made of dough having a high fat content

    3: a piece of pastry


    Origin: 15th century ;

     {see: |paste:1|paste:1};

    [Noun]  | "pastry cream" 


    1: a thick custard that is made of eggs, sugar, milk, flour or cornstarch, and usually flavoring and that is typically used as a filling for pastries and other baked goods


    Origin: 1845 ;

    [Noun]  | "choux pastry" | \ ˈshü- \


    1: a very light, egg-based dough used to make pastries (such as cream puffs and éclairs ) —called also pate a choux


    Origin: 1878 ;

     Partial translation of French pâte à choux, literally, "pastry in the form of cabbages"; choux, plural of chou "cabbage," going back to Middle French, back-formation from chous, plural of chol, going back to Old French, going back to Latin caulis "stalk, stem, cabbage stem, cabbage" {mat|cole|};

    [Noun]  | "Danish pastry" 


    1: a pastry made of a rich raised dough


    Origin: 1919 ;

    [Noun]  | "French pastry" 


    1: a rich pastry filled especially with custard or fruit


    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Noun]  | "puff pastry" 


    1: a pastry dough containing many alternating layers of butter and dough or the light flaky pastry made from it —called also puff paste


    Origin: 1788 ;

    [Noun]  | "pastry" 


    1: as in dessert, candy;


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     [ "pastry" ]

    1: When someone tells a boring story that nobody else cares about. Its usually long and/or takes forever to get to the point. It may have no point or doesn't say anything important that anyone cares about. It is a form or rambling however the person does not realise they are doing it even if others have tuned out or is looking back with a blank stare. If the story had already been told it is refered to as a stale pastry.

      * e.g.,  ... This is a short pastry spoken by a colleague who I work with every day: "Today I walked to work along the footpath past many houses as I do every morning. I have to stop at the pedistrian crossing. Then I got to work, I walked inside, said hello to you and sat down to work" 

     [ "pastry" ]

    1: A chick or guy who's so HOT that they look good enough to EAT!

      * e.g.,  ... Jennifer nicnamed Doug, Pastry 

     [ "pastry" ]

    1: Another term for biatch. Since my friend thinks biatch sounds like a pastry name.

      * e.g.,  ... Man my mom is such a pastry 

     [ "pastry" ]

    1: Synonymous with bad.

      * e.g.,  ... It's well pastry, init! 

     [ "Pastries" ]

    1: Girls who try to appear "normal" and without eating disorders by always ordering cakes and dessert in a restaurant or cafe. Notice that they never really eat very much, just putting tiny amounts on the fork or spoon to give the illusion that they're eating. When others leave for a moment the rest of the pastry is disposed of somewhere nearby.

      * e.g.,  ... Alice is such a "pastries", a fraud who pretends to eat but is just jerking everyone around. She's really seriously ill. 

     [ "Pastry" ]

    1: A person of Danish origin.

      * e.g.,  ... Courtney's friend the pastry comes to visit today. 

     [ "Pastry" ]

    1: being really cheap.

      * e.g.,  ... chawla: vijay, could you buy me a cup of coffee, im kinda broke. 


     [ "Pastry" ]

    2: a stingy, avaricious person.

      * e.g.,  ... vijay: u cheap pastry , tell your mom to send you some cash. yy: chawla , i need a ten for that chocolate, could i have that much? 


     [ "Pastry" ]

    3: A cheapskate, curmudgeon, niggard, penny pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint or tightwad is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities.

      * e.g.,  ... chawla: im broke dude! 

     [ "Pastry" ]

    1: Someone who has difficulty performing simple tasks

      * e.g.,  ... Jack: I can't figure out how to change this lightbulb 


     [ "Pastry" ]

    2: often used by tweens or young teens to describe other tweens or young teens.

      * e.g.,  ... Jill: Then google it ya stupid pastry 

     [ "Pastries" ]

    1: the new hot shoes that the Simmons sisters came out with

      * e.g.,  ... Friend:Did you cop a pair of pastries yet? 

     [ "pastries" ]

    1: code name for black and milds. can be used by saying making pastries, buying pastries, eating pastries, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... angie- hey are you coming over this saturday to make some pastries? 

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