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What (who) is mincemeat - definition
MIXTURE OF CHOPPED DRIED FRUIT, DISTILLED SPIRITS AND SPICES, AND SOMETIMES BEEF SUET, BEEF, OR VENISON
Fruitmince; Mince meat; Mince-meat; Fruit mince
mincemeat
n. to make mincemeat of ('to defeat decisively')
mincemeat
1.
Mincemeat is a sticky mixture of small pieces of dried fruit. It is usually cooked in pastry to make mince pies.
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2.
= mince
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3.
If you make mincemeat of someone or make mincemeat out of them, you defeat them completely in an argument, fight, or competition.
I can imagine a defence lawyer making mincemeat of him if we ever put him up in court.
PHRASE: V inflects
mincemeat
¦ noun
1. a mixture of currants, raisins, apples, candied peel, sugar, spices, and suet.
2. minced meat.
Phrases
make mincemeat of informal 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 mincemeat
1. Clinton has said all along that the Republicans would make mincemeat of Obama.
2. Serves 6 Mincemeat parcels: A fabulous fast–forward mince pie MINCEMEAT PARCELS WITH BOURBON BUTTER This is not a time of year when you want to forget the sweet stuff, and this is a fabulous fast–forward mince pie.
3. Even if the air force makes mincemeat out of them, they will not surrender.
4. For a regular army to make mincemeat of terrorist gangs is not that easy.
5. Given 60 seconds in front of the television cameras with Wolfgang and you‘d have been mincemeat.