manavelins
/məˈnæv(ə)lɪnz/
manavelins noun: odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.
Noun
manavelins pl (plural only)
- Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.
- A very good table was kept, and the dog-basket and 'menavelings' from it alone would have supplied the fo'c'stle twice over.1893, John Arthur Barry, Steve Brown's Bunyip: And Other Stories, page 34
- For many of the maize farms where, by reason of the “menavelings” from the grain crop, it is possible to get good supplies of pig grain at little cost, such a system would be admirable.1901, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, page 512
Forms of manavelins
| alternative form | minavilins |
|---|---|
| alternative form | malhavelins |
| alternative form | manablins |
| alternative form | manarolins |
| alternative form | manavalins |
| alternative form | manavilins |
| alternative form | manavlins |
| alternative form | menavelings |
Origin of manavelins
Uncertain, but probably from manarvel (“to steal food or supplies from a ship's store”) + -ing + -s. Possibly related to minnow (“a relatively small and insignificant person or organization”).
Questions about manavelins
- What does manavelins mean?
- Manavelins means odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.
- What part of speech is manavelins?
- Manavelins is a noun.
- How do you pronounce manavelins?
- Manavelins is pronounced /məˈnæv(ə)lɪnz/.
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