Mincemeat

Word MINCEMEAT
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Definitions and meanings of "Mincemeat"

What do we mean by mincemeat?

A mixture, as of finely chopped apples, raisins, spices, meat, and rum or brandy, used especially as a pie filling. noun

Finely chopped meat. noun

(make mincemeat of) To destroy utterly. idiom

A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies. noun

Minced meat. noun

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The word "mincemeat" in example sentences

The mincemeat is tasty, too, though the difference from storebought is less obvious there. ❋ Lindy (2005)

Once the mincemeat is made, it’s traditionally cooked in shallow pies around 5 cm across. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Something to cut the mincemeat is a good idea, but this is strictly for lovers of tinned custard, with a blanket of sugary, starch thickened yellow goop doing its best to mask the sharpness of the mincemeat and artificial tasting pastry. ❋ Xanthe Clay (2011)

Poor Alex, who is used to a captive and placid audience, was turned into a kind of mincemeat by Colbert, who played the role of the "kid in high school" who has no interest in music beyond the superficial. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2008)

As for the mincemeat, which isn’t even worthy enough to call itself a tart, I used the same pastry shell and then just threw in some store bought mincemeat. ❋ Brilynn (2006)

ok uncritical thinker...here is you chance to make "mincemeat" out of me.. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sweet, spiced smell of mincemeat that we cooked and canned family-style -- all hands to the kitchen -- over a long day filled with stories and laughter and good work. ❋ Will Weaver (2010)

The indefatigable Harris later sparred with another ubiquitous awards host, Hugh Jackman, in a delightful "Anything You Can Do" duel — both won — and made mincemeat of the Spider Man musical by cramming a flurry of jokes into 30 seconds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Now come the Packers, who in Aaron Rodgers have a quarterback who's playing just as well if not even better than Brees, and who is a threat to run and already made mincemeat of their defense last December—when a playoff berth was on the line. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)

Still, you sit in a prominent seat at one of her shows at your peril -- and with the knowledge that her shtick often entails making mincemeat of the unfortunates she calls on. ❋ Peter Marks (2010)

And as Howard Dietz reminds us in "That's Entertainment," all art, be it great or crude, aspires at bottom to do the same thing, which is to thrill us: "It might be a fight like you see on the screen / A swain getting slain for the love of a queen / Some great Shakespearean scene / Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat." ❋ Terry Teachout (2011)

To make, it has to be my from scratch mincemeat pie … but to EAT - cherry, hands down! ❋ Unknown (2009)

My favorite pie has been mincemeat … ever since I was six! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those Moral Maze panellists would make mincemeat of his characters, who remain essentially the same as they started out – stupid, canny, good, bad. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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