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Meanings of mincing in inglês

Affectedly dainty or refined.

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        Food preparation technique in which ingredients are finely divided into uniform pieces.

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              Examples for "dainty"
              Examples for "dainty"
              1
              Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
              French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
              2
              And a jade platter of dainty food calls for a million coins.
              Throne of Jade
              3
              It ripples in dainty dance, or tumbles down in cascades of joy.
              Spirit and Music
              4
              In the open doorway she shone, looking the smallest of dainty things.
              The Research Magnificent
              5
              He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
              The Jungle Girl
              1
              He saw Mzu, her small figure unmistakable in its prim business suit.
              The Neutronium Alchemist
              2
              The papers extended across the hall and into a prim, fleckless parlor.
              Anne of Avonlea
              3
              The house does not look so prim as it used to do.
              The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
              4
              The small, prim, stylish mother looked quite regal in her aristocratic rage.
              The Mystery of Mary
              5
              There was a noticeable stiffening of the prim figure of Mrs. Gaston.
              The Prince of Graustark
              1
              Some of the shops were just a bit twee, I must admit.
              The Lost Continent
              2
              Think of it as positivity without the twee platitudes and motivational quotes.
              News.com.au
              3
              Auckland's queen bees of twee-pop haven't played much around these parts lately.
              Radio NZ
              4
              There was always this air of twee artifice pushing in on everything.
              The Lost Continent
              5
              With the twee, self-congratulatory filters it looked -well, twee and self-congratulatory
              Wired
              1
              You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
              The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
              2
              "Rawchester!" exclaimed Lady Montfort, "what, 'Niminy-Piminy'?"
              Endymion
              3
              "I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
              Little Women
              Usage of mincing in inglês
              1
              The problem was, he'd never managed to master the perfect, mincing walk.
              Ruthless
              2
              Beside the Bishop rode the Prior of Emmet upon a mincing palfrey.
              The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
              3
              One officer superintended the mincing, another exercised a general supervision over all.
              The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
              4
              He spoke with the clipped, mincing utterance of the typical Prussian officer.
              The Man with the Clubfoot
              5
              There was a doubting, almost a resentful, tone in the mincing voice.
              What Timmy Did
              6
              There was no mincing and nibbling when it went to a meal.
              From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
              7
              Well, it was no use mincing the matter, I told her all.
              A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
              8
              He slowed down to an alert and mincing walk and then stopped.
              The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
              9
              Not only did he avoid mincing words, but he avoided wasting them.
              My Second Year of the War
              10
              It equally reprobates an ungainly rusticity, and a mincing, tripping, over-soft manner.
              A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
              11
              I tell you this plainly, without mincing matters, like an honest man.
              The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
              12
              Saw you ever such a mincing puss-in-boots since the Lord made you?
              The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
              13
              For no painted, mincing court dame could the dragon have been slain.
              The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
              14
              Lady Sophia approached with mincing steps, her nose wrinkled in a frown.
              The spurned viscountess
              15
              She was splitting hairs and mincing words, and that pissed me off.
              The President's Assassin
              16
              His proclamation looks like real earnestness; no mincing the matter with the rebels.
              The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
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              Mincing through the time
              Mincing across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common