mince pies
81The Bill (series 14) — The Bill Series 14 Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 121 Broadcast Original channel ITV …
82mincemeat — ● mincemeat nom masculin (anglais mincemeat) Composition aigre douce à base de graisse de rognons de bœuf, de fruits secs, de fruits confits et d épices que l on fait macérer dans du cognac et dont on garnit les mince pies. (Spécialité… …
83minces — n pl British the eyes. From the cockney rhyming phrase, mince pies . The expression is still used today by working class Lon doners; it is now invariably heard in the shortened, one word form. ► OK then, feast your minces on this! …
84“Poe-et’s Nightmare, The“ — Poem (303 lines); written in 1916 (see SL1.59). First published in the Vagrant(July 1918); rpt. WT (July 1952) (central section only; titled “Aletheia Phrikodes”). One of HPL’s longest poems, and perhaps his most ambitious single weird poem …
85mincers — Noun. Eyes. From the Cockney rhyming slang mince pies …
86mincemeat — UK [ˈmɪnsˌmiːt] / US [ˈmɪnsˌmɪt] noun [uncountable] 1) a sweet food made by mixing small pieces of dried fruit and spices, used especially to make mince pies 2) minced meat • make mincemeat (out) of someone informal to defeat someone thoroughly… …
87calendar customs — Those which take place once a year, at a particular date or season; also called seasonal customs. Examples are bonfires on *November the Fifth, *wassailing apple trees on *Twelfth Night, or sending *valentine cards on 14 February. They are… …
88Christmas — By far the most popular festival in England today, imposing itself even on those whose religious or political beliefs would normally rule out Christian celebrations; the greatest pressure is to conform for the sake of the children, who are… …
89Christmas food — It has always been traditional to eat well at Christmas, but the fare has changed over the years and become more standardized, with a decline in regional variation. Leaving aside the lavish banquets in royal and noble households, whose swans,… …
90Christmas superstitions — Most regional collections report a belief that at midnight on Christmas Eve cattle kneel to welcome the Holy Child, and bees buzz, or hum the Hundredth Psalm (e.g. Harland and Wilkinson, 1882: 253). During this night *cocks crow, and the… …
