I stayed behind for amincepieand a talk with many of the students.
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I shall pass over the fact that there was only onemincepieamong all those people.
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She leaves him out amincepieand a glass of milk.
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Themincepiekept its name, though the pottage was increasingly referred to as "plum pudding".
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The food in the ceremony must be homemade, this includesmincepieand plum pudding.
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As techniques for meat preserving improved in the 18th century, the savoury element of both themincepieand the plum pottage diminished as the sweet content increased.
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They contend that the vices of monopoly in religious markets mirror the adverse results of monopoly in traditional commercial markets for vehicles, umbrellas and mince pies.
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An open market, whether in mousetraps, mince pies, money or methodologies, encourages better ways of serving our diverse requirements and preferences.
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The modern mince pie's precursor was known by several names.
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Some families leave a glass of sherry or mulled wine, mince pies, biscuits, or chocolate and a carrot for his reindeer near the stocking(s) as a present for him.
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They do so not because they like the smell of mince pies but because they want to earn good money for themselves and their families.
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