Meanings
- PolariuncountableFood
Amazing what a bit of mangarie can do.
2008, G. J. Leckie, Second Acts, page 2312 more examples
“Mangarie,” we are saying, pressing the biscuits and tins of food into their hands.
2011, Myron C. Peterson, Time Capsule-1944: A Story of World War II, page 145And, by the look of you, you could do with some mangarie, a good wash, and a proper night's kip.
2012, Tony Broadbent, Shadows in the Smoke
Origin
- Latinmandūcāre“to eat”
- Old Frenchmangier“to eat”
- Italianmangiare“to eat”
- Englishmangarie
From Italian mangiare (“to eat”), from Old French mangier (“to eat”), from Latin mandūcāre (“to eat”). Doublet of mungaree.
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mangarie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangarie
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