manavelins

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown, probably related to manarvel (To steal food or supplies from a ship's store). Possibly related to minnow (A relatively small and insignificant person or organization).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /məˈnæv(ə)lɪnz/
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Noun

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manavelins pl (plural only)

  1. (nautical slang) Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.
    • 1893, John Arthur Barry, Steve Brown's Bunyip: And Other Stories, page 34:
      A very good table was kept, and the dog-basket and 'menavelings' from it alone would have supplied the fo'c'stle twice over.
    • 1901, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, page 512:
      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.
    • 2011, V. Traven, Memoirs of a Dromomaniac, page 183:
      He efficiently loaded our bicycles and manavelins onto a waiting Volkswagen bus.
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