manavelins

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/məˈnæv(ə)lɪnz/

noun

Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmanavelins pl (plural only)

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  1. pluralplural onlynauticalOdds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.

    He efficiently loaded our bicycles and manavelins onto a waiting Volkswagen bus.

    2011, V. Traven, Memoirs of a Dromomaniac, page 183
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    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

Origin

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”).

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