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Minto|ˈmɪntəʊ|
Also Mintoe, mintoe.
[f. mint n.2]
The proprietary name of a type of boiled sweet flavoured with peppermint.
1935Trade Marks Jrnl. 16 Oct. 1298/2 Nuttall's Mintoes... Boiled sugar sweetmeats flavoured with mint. William Nuttall Limited,..Doncaster; manufacturing confectioners. 1949Dylan Thomas Let. 13 Oct. (1966) 328 Yesterday I broke a tooth on a minto. 1953― Under Milk Wood (1954) 2 Coughing like nannygoats, sucking mintoes, fortywinking hallelujah. 1957Skuse's Compl. Confectioner (ed. 13) 63 Mintoes. Boil the sugar, glucose and water..knead in the oil of peppermint and..spin out and cut. Ibid. 64 (caption) Kiss Cutting on ‘Mintoe’ Machine. 1963Listener 21 Mar. 501/2, I wanted to keep on sucking mintoes for ever. |