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Definition of Mincing
1. Adjective. Affectedly dainty or refined.
Definition of Mincing
1. a. That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
Definition of Mincing
1. Verb. (present participle of mince) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mincing
1. mince [v] - See also: mince
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mincing
Literary usage of Mincing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineer's Sketch-book of Mechanical Movements, Devices, Appliances by Thomas Walter Barber (1897)
"CHOPPING, SLICING, AND mincing. 479. Has a disc cutter with radial knives and
slots ; used for roots, &c. 480. Disc cutter, with small knives wedged in ..."
2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"I say wine- merchant, or late wine-merchant, of mincing Lane, Fenchurch Street,
London. And, for God's sake, some good parson, do send me up a copy of the ..."
3. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake (1875)
"mincing-KNIFE. Indian, an apartment exclusively devoted to the household economy
of the first-comers, with furniture suitably arranged, and the evidences of ..."
4. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"... Margaret Pattens—Billiter Street—Ironmongers' Hall—mincing Lane—The Clothworkers'
Company—The Mark Lane Corn Exchange—The Com Ports of London—Statistics ..."
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