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The use of this improper grammar most likely branched off from the contraction mine's (or mine is). For example "Your ice cream is vanilla, and mine's chocolate." Somewhere along the line, someone forgot that "is" is already part of "mine's" and they made the mistake of saying things like "Mine's is strawberry" or (Mine is is strawberry).
Eventually, the singular form of the word was completely dropped from the vocabulary, and "mine's" became used to show all ownership, even when adding "is" is inapplicable.
Edgar: "Hey Reggie, I just got my new phone today."
Reggie: "Yea, I think I'm gonna buy mines when I get my next paycheck, dawg."
mines by Energieko March 27, 2009
Those books are mines.

That's mines.

You got mines
I take care of me and mines.
Mines by WHAAAAAAA? February 28, 2015
An explosive device meant to explode when you're near it.
Man: Wow! I found a cool pencil! I might as well just slip it in my pocket
Boy: SIR!! THAT PENCIL IS MINES!
Man: Oh, I'm sorry young man - wait... wahh??
mines by Khayos January 1, 2008
1. A weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact.

2. A contraction of "mine" and "is". Often, it is misused to show ownership or possession, even though the extra "s" is not necessary.
Tragically 44 Vietnamese women died after stepping on mines.

Mine's yellow.

Hey! Don't touch that, its mines!
Mines by BingGoogle January 25, 2011
A possessive pronoun indicating ownership by the speaker.
"Don't you be gettin' up in mines."
mines by Ice B January 22, 2003
A black slang to get beat the hell outta of by your parents/guardians.
Today my grades were really low. I know when I get home, I'm gon get mines.
Mines by kiwishiiiit February 22, 2010