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manger
1[ meyn-jer ]
noun
- a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Nautical.
- a space at the bow of a ship, having a partition for confining water entering at the hawseholes until it can be drained.
- a sunken bottom in a chain locker, covered by a grating and used to collect water from the anchor chain.
Manger
2[ meyn-jer ]
noun
manger
/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ô»åÏôÉ™ /
noun
- a trough or box in a stable, barn, etc, from which horses or cattle feed
- nautical a basin-like construction in the bows of a vessel for catching water draining from an anchor rode or coming in through the hawseholes
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of manger1
Origin of manger2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of manger1
Idioms and Phrases
see dog in the manger .Example Sentences
"This Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come again to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration. And be changed," he said.
"Right now, this Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration," he is expected to say.
This time of year depictions of the Baby Jesus in a manger are everywhere as a commercial cue, an object of worship, as a depiction of the essence of innocence.
These wise men, or magi, will eventually arrive at the manger on Jan. 6, also known as Epiphany or Three Kings Day.
"Sometimes I think 'gosh, how has he been in and out in such a short space of time' when I hear about a manger losing their job."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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