What does manger mean?
Manger means A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from..
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/ˈmeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəː/ · noun
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from..
A Churliſh Envious Curr vvas gotten into a Manger, and there lay Growling and Snarling to keep the Horſes from their Provender. The Dog Eat None himſelf, and yet rather Ventur'd the Starving his Own Carcaſe then he would ſuffer any thing elfe to be the Better for't.
It was the Winter wilde. While the Heav’n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies: Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize: It was no ſeaſon then for her To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour.
Though I was close by I could not fully comprehend the whole manœuvre. The captain was head and shoulders immersed in the filthy trough, which, uncleaned, was taken from the manger, that part of the main deck directly under the forecastle and filled with salt water.
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Manger means A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from..
Common synonyms include trough.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A Churliſh Envious Curr vvas gotten into a Manger, and there lay Growling and Snarling to keep the Horſes from their Provender. The Dog Eat None himſelf, and yet rather Ventur'd the Starving his Own Carcaſe then he would ſuffer any thing elfe to be the Better for't.
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