 | John Ogilvie - 1855 - 434 pàgines
...indecorous, polite or impolite, pleasing or displeasing. MAN'NEKS-ШТ, я. A portion of tt ¡ dish left by guests, that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation. \Local.] MAN'NING.t я. [From L. man«*, the hand.] A day's work of a man. MAN'NISH, a. [add.] Human... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 pàgines
...a spoon of the devil's giving. Fttiier. Manners-bit (man'nerz-bit), n. A portion of a dish left by guests that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation. [Local. ] Mannheim Gold (manlum gold), n. [From Mannheim, in Baden, where it was originally made.]... | |
 | English Dialect Society - 1888 - 508 pàgines
...Ecclesfield. See MEANE FIELD. Man occurs as a surname. Cf. Mansfield. MANK, sb. a trick. MANNERS-BIT, sb. ' a portion of a dish left by the guests that the host...himself reproached for insufficient preparation.'— H. MARCY, sb. mercy. MARD, adj. pettish, peevish, spoiled. The word is applied to children. Probably... | |
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A portion of a dish left by the guests, that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation. 