manavelins

Definitions

Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“A very good table was kept, and the dog-basket and 'menavelings' from it alone would have⟳ supplied the fo'c'stle twice over.”

“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.”

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

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