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mince

/mɪns/ noun B2
  1. Finely chopped meat; minced meat. (uncountable) · Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.
  2. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. (uncountable)
  3. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. (countable)
  4. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation. (countable)
  5. An eye (from mince pie). (countable, slang)

Plural minces

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I fancy she was wanted about the mince-pies.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 47 · B2

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