mincy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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There was a silence, during which cook took away the mincy plates and brought in the treacle-pudding.
From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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 Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
There was a silence, during which cook took away the mincy plates and brought in the pudding.
From Five Children and It by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
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 Buck, Charles Neville
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