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Definition of Mincemeats
1. mincemeat [n] - See also: mincemeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mincemeats
Literary usage of Mincemeats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1899)
"Add to this the long list of canned fruits and jellies, dried fruits and corn,
preserves and pickles, sausages and mincemeats, etc., which the good wife ..."
2. American Notes and Queries (1857)
"... that steals half the mincemeats, and eats half the fruit in the garden, ten
times as much as they do me ; and that rascal. Tom, that is perpetually at ..."
3. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... and seasoned mincemeats of all kinds, and melted lard, and in this way was
sometimes applied to seasoned fowl and other birds. ..."
4. American Medicine (1906)
"All mixtures, such as mincemeats and sausages, were originally made at home to
utilize parts of an animal which would otherwise be wasted. ..."
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