Mincing Lanen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnsɪŋ ˈleɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnsɪŋ ˈleɪn/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mincing Lane.

Etymology: < Mincing Lane (compare minchen n.), the name of the London street in which the auction room was originally situated.a1200 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds (1900) III. 242 Land at the head of M[e]ngenelane.1677 J. Ogilby & W. Morgan Large & Accurate Map of City of London (map) Mincing Lane.1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 303/2 Produce market, Fenchurch-street, Mincing-lane, Tower-street, and their immediate localities, where the offices of the principal produce-brokers are situate. For a fuller discussion of the development of Mincing Lane as a place name see E. Ekwall Street-names of City of London (1954) 120.

Allusively: the auction room for tea and other commodities originally situated in this street; (hence) the market in these goods.

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society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > street where specific goods traded

Watling Street1569

carrion-row1728

Mincing Lane1880

Petticoat Lane1967

1880 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 43 98 Then came a burst in tin, copper, and the metal trades generally, followed in October and November by great excitement in Mincing Lane, both in raw materials and articles of general consumption.

1910 A. E. W. Mason At Villa Rose i. 1 He was rich, having amassed a fortune in Mincing Lane.

1923 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. You must go to Mincing-lane for an excuse for the rise [in the price of tea].

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 235/2 Business in rubber, tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar, spices and condiments was carried on at the offices of Mincing Lane until the destruction of the Commercial Sale Room by bombing in 1941.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIII. 490/2 Requirements [of tea] are mainly obtained by purchases in the Mincing Lane auctions.

1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 23 Jan. 5/5 Mincing Lane is pretty confident of higher prices for Africans by the end of the first quarter of this year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mincing lane
释义	Mincing Lanen. Brit. /ˈmɪnsɪŋ ˈleɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪnsɪŋ ˈleɪn/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mincing Lane. Etymology: < Mincing Lane (compare minchen n.), the name of the London street in which the auction room was originally situated.a1200 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds (1900) III. 242 Land at the head of M[e]ngenelane.1677 J. Ogilby & W. Morgan Large & Accurate Map of City of London (map) Mincing Lane.1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 303/2 Produce market, Fenchurch-street, Mincing-lane, Tower-street, and their immediate localities, where the offices of the principal produce-brokers are situate. For a fuller discussion of the development of Mincing Lane as a place name see E. Ekwall Street-names of City of London (1954) 120. Allusively: the auction room for tea and other commodities originally situated in this street; (hence) the market in these goods. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > street where specific goods traded Watling Street1569 carrion-row1728 Mincing Lane1880 Petticoat Lane1967 1880 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 43 98 Then came a burst in tin, copper, and the metal trades generally, followed in October and November by great excitement in Mincing Lane, both in raw materials and articles of general consumption. 1910 A. E. W. Mason At Villa Rose i. 1 He was rich, having amassed a fortune in Mincing Lane. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. You must go to Mincing-lane for an excuse for the rise [in the price of tea]. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 235/2 Business in rubber, tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar, spices and condiments was carried on at the offices of Mincing Lane until the destruction of the Commercial Sale Room by bombing in 1941. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XIII. 490/2 Requirements [of tea] are mainly obtained by purchases in the Mincing Lane auctions. 1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 23 Jan. 5/5 Mincing Lane is pretty confident of higher prices for Africans by the end of the first quarter of this year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1880
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