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They were mincing along, gazing about them, and uttering little contemptuous titters, and Stead could only too well guess what kind of remarks Emlyn's companion might make upon him.

From Under the Storm by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Her ways were mincing and precise, and she lazed away her days quite artistically.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)