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mince pies; minces
noun
the eyes UK, 1857
Rhyming slang.- [L]ooking Solie straight in the minces[.] — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 122, 1958
- “One pack dealer’s choice,” he says, minces all gleaming. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 39, 1962
- Ah, do me minces deceive me or is this the swear and cuss [bus]? — The Sweeney, p. 6, 1976
- He was a truly ugly man–his north and south drooped, his mince pies were watery, and he had a big red I suppose. — Ronnie Barker, A Sermon in Slang, 1979
- [A] big dog, which lay there looking up at me sad and resentful with huge wet minces[.] — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, pp. 91–92, 1994
- Old Bill [the police] never believed their mince pies now. — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 7, 1999
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