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 Mincemeat.Mincing Lane (London). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Minch-house (A).
 
A nunnery. (Anglo-Saxon, minicem, a nun.) Sometimes it means an ale- or road-house.   1
 


 Mincemeat.Mincing Lane (London). 

 
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