Mincemeat definition
A mixture, as of finely chopped apples, raisins, spices, meat, and rum or brandy, used especially as a pie filling.
noun
Finely chopped meat.
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A mixture of chopped apples, spices, suet, raisins, etc., and sometimes meat, used as a pie filling.
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(obs.) Minced meat.
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(slang) make mincemeat of
- To destroy utterly:Made mincemeat of the opponent's argument.
idiom
make mincemeat of
- to chop into small pieces
- to defeat or refute completely
idiom
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Noun
Singular:
mincemeat
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mincemeatsIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
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