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mince
noun- rubbish, nonsense UK: SCOTLAND, 1911
- He talks a lot a mince. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, p. 46, 1985
- Her timing was mince. — Christopher Brookmyre, Not the End of the World, p. 153, 1998
- Edinburgh was doing the donkey work while London made the decisions and took the credit. Absolute mince, of course, and both parties knew it[.] — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 28, 2000
- IT has been marketed as a noble tradition, but in reality it’s just a load of mince. The world of haggis hurling has been rocked to its tartan roots after the “ancient” art was exposed as a hoax, started by an Irishman to gauge the gullibility of the Scots. — Sunday Herald, 25 January 2004
- anything unpleasant UK: SCOTLAND
- The back a my jeans is aw mince! — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, p. 46, 1985
- used in similes for listlessness or unintelligence UK: SCOTLAND
- “He’s as thick as mince.” [...] “What’s up wi you? Ye’re sittin there like a pun [pound] a mince.” — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, p. 46, 1985
- Guinness stout UK: SCOTLAND
- Gie’s a pint a mince, dear. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 44, 1988
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