Meaning of mince | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
   uncountable
2. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
   uncountable
3. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
   countable
4. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
   countable
5. An eye (from mince pie).
   Cockney, countable, in-plural, slang
6. Something worthless; rubbish.
   UK, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.”

“During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.”

“A wiry little girl in a starched, lemon-colored party dress, she sassed along with a grownup mince, one hand on her hip, the other supporting a spinsterish umbrella.”

“She was just the same; she had a light way of walking and she always wore flat heels so she didn't have that mince like most girls.”

“His skin was china pale, he walked with a slight mince, and his silver mustache was always trimmed sharp; it was his custom to send a bouquet of pink carnations to the wives of men with whom he dined.”

“A very moderate degree of accomplishment in this direction would make an end of stage smart speech, which, like the got-up Oxford mince and drawl of a foolish curate, is the mark of a snob.”

“And, further, who has not heard what someone has christened the "Oxford" mince, where every consonant is mispronounced and every vowel gets a wrong value?”

“[...] a smiling man, portly and impressive, coming toward them with a dignified mince in his walk.”

“Lancashire is a bit nazi about speed and the M6 in that area can be either clear or infested with vans and their helicopter. On the good side the vans tend to be on well sighted bridges so just keep the old minces peeled.”

“That band's new album is total mince.”

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