mangarie
English
editEtymology
editFrom Italian mangiare (“to eat”), from Old French mangier (“to eat”), from Latin mandūcāre, present active infinitive of mandūcō (“I eat”). Doublet of mungaree.
Noun
editmangarie (uncountable)
- (Polari) Food
- 2008, G. J. Leckie, Second Acts, page 231:
- Amazing what a bit of mangarie can do.
- 2011, Myron C. Peterson, Time Capsule-1944: A Story of World War II, page 145:
- “Mangarie,” we are saying, pressing the biscuits and tins of food into their hands.
- 2012, Tony Broadbent, Shadows in the Smoke:
- And, by the look of you, you could do with some mangarie, a good wash, and a proper night's kip.