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Mincing Lane|ˈmɪnsɪŋ leɪn|
Used absol. and attrib. with reference to an auction-room for tea and other commodities which was originally situated in the London street of this name.
1913Times 13 Oct. (Finance & Commerce) 18/1 The Mincing-lane Tea and Rubber Share Brokers' Association (Limited). 1914in Conc. Oxf. Dict. 1923Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan., You must go to Mincing-lane for an excuse for the rise [in the price of tea]. 1959Chambers'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. Ibid. XIII. 490/2 Requirements [of tea] are mainly obtained by purchases in the Mincing Lane auctions. 1970E. 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. |