mangarie

English

Etymology

From Italian mangiare (“to eat”), from Old French mangier (“to eat”), from Latin mandūcāre, present active infinitive of mandūcō (“I eat”). Doublet of mungaree.

Noun

mangarie (uncountable)

1. (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.

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