Mintien.
/ˈmɪnti/, U.S. /ˈmɪn(t)i/, Australian English /ˈmɪnti/ Chiefly Australian.
A kind of peppermint-flavoured sweet, often popularly referred to as a source of comfort. Chiefly in plural.The plural form is a proprietary name in Australia and the United Kingdom. The popular association derives from the advertising phrase ‘It's moments like these you need “Minties”’ (also a proprietary phrase in Australia).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > peppermints
peppermint drop1780
mint drop1791
peppermint1820
peppermint lozenge1832
peppermint cake1863
pandrop1877
mint1894
peppermint cream1907
Mintie1926
peppermint lump1926
Minto1935
1926 Austral. Official Jrnl. Patents (Canberra) 879 Minties... Confectionery.
1932 Listening Post (Perth, W. Austral.) May 16 Weak moments, when even minties will not put things to rights.
1983 Bushdriver May 60 We lost everything for three months of our trip. ‘Minties’ would not have helped; Kleenex were the only things that consoled me.
1985 Canberra Times 7 June 15/2 Our pal, Billy, died the other day. Loved by all, religious and lay..Gave them a Mintie then wandered away.
2000 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 10 July Armed with sleeping bags, cushions, radio and Minties, the wait hadn't been arduous.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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