mince

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mince englannista suomeksi

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Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
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An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
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An eye (from (m)).
(quote-web)
Something worthless; rubbish.
To make less; to make small.
To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

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To effect mincingly.
To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
To suppress or weaken the force of.
(RQ:Dryden Spanish Fryar)
To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5)
(quote-video game)
To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
(quote-text)
1905, George Henderson, ''The Gaelic Dialects, IV'', in the ''Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie'', published by Kuno Meyer and L. Chr. Stern, volume 5, page 98:

One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince ''brother'' into ''brover'' (brëvë); ''Bath'' into ''Baf''; ''both'' into ''bof''.

(RQ:Cather Song of the Lark)The preacher said it was sympathetic," she minced the word, remembering Mr. Larsen's manner.
To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
(RQ:Orwell Animal Farm)
(RQ:King James Version)
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice) turn two mincing steps into a manly stride.
To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
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