King’s Plum Pie

Plum Pie

Plum Pie is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 22 September 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins, and in the United States on 1 December 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York. The collection's title is derived from P. G. Wodehouse's nickname, Plum.

Plum

A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Dried plums are usually called prunes.

Pie

A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit, nuts, fruit preserves, brown sugar, sweetened vegetables, or with thicker fillings based on eggs and dairy. Savoury pies may be filled with meat, eggs and cheese, or a mixture of meat and vegetables.

King

King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. In a modern context, the title may refer to the ruler of one of a number of modern monarchies. The title of king is used alongside other titles for monarchs: in the West, emperor, grand prince, prince, archduke, duke or grand duke, and in the Islamic world, malik, sultan, emir or hakim, among others.

king

Noun

1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
2. The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

Verb

1. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
2. To rule over as king.

plum

Noun

1. The fruit and its tree.

Adjective

1. Of a dark bluish-red colour.
2. Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

pie

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Piro.

Noun

1. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
2. Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.