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What (who) is mince-meat - definition

MIXTURE OF CHOPPED DRIED FRUIT, DISTILLED SPIRITS AND SPICES, AND SOMETIMES BEEF SUET, BEEF, OR VENISON
Fruitmince; Mince meat; Mince-meat; Fruit mince
  • Late-19th-century commercial mincemeat package

Mince-meat         
·noun Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, ·etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added;
- used in making mince pie.
mince-meat         
a.; (also minced-meat)
Chopped meat.
mincemeat         
n. to make mincemeat of ('to defeat decisively')

Wikipedia

Mincemeat

Mincemeat is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices, and often beef suet, usually used as a pie or pastry filling. Mincemeat formerly contained meat, notably beef or venison. Many modern recipes replace the suet with vegetable shortening. Mincemeat is found in the Anglosphere.

Examples of use of mince-meat
1. We have divided and subdivided ourselves into mince–meat, not fit to live but only to be swallowed.
2. "I turned to face the animal that had opened its mouth wide open, ready to make mince meat of me," he said.