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mincy

American  
[mins-ee] / ˈmɪns i /

adjective

  1. Informal. excessively fussy or dainty.


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Reflecting now upon the devious methods and motives of mountain intrigue, Gregory's eyes grew somewhat flinty as he bluntly inquired, "How does ye mean hit's a mincy business?"

From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck

Impishly, without any warning, she crooked her knee and pointed at one homely square-toed shoe in a mincy dancing step.

From The White Linen Nurse by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

There was a silence, during which cook took away the mincy plates and brought in the pudding.

From Five Children and It by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar

There was a silence, during which cook took away the mincy plates and brought in the treacle-pudding.

From Five Children and It by E. (Edith) Nesbit

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