mincemeat
IPA: mˈɪnsmit
noun
- A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies.
- (rare) Minced meat, mince.
- (by analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
- (by extension) Something or someone utterly destroyed.
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Examples of "mincemeat" in Sentences
- ok uncritical thinker...here is you chance to make "mincemeat" out of me..
- Once the mincemeat is made, it’s traditionally cooked in shallow pies around 5 cm across.
- The mincemeat is tasty, too, though the difference from storebought is less obvious there.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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