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Being Treated Like A Pie Can?
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Can anyone tell me what the origin of "being treated like a pie can" is please?
From the context this phrase is implied, I think it is used when someone is being taken advantage of.
Thank you much!
From the context this phrase is implied, I think it is used when someone is being taken advantage of.
Thank you much!
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It dates back to the early 18th century when mothers would go to the grocer to the shopping and when they asked for a pie contained in a can, the shop keeper would give them a puzzled look as it was frowned upon for women to eat meat from a can so they would treat like crap from the sole of your shoe. So the phrase actually means being treated like ****.
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