manavelins

== English == === Alternative forms === minavilins, malhavelins, manablins, manarolins, manavalins, manavilins, manavlins, menavelings === Etymology === Uncertain, but probably from manarvel (“to steal food or supplies from a ship's store”) +‎ -ing +‎ -s. Possibly related to minnow (“a relatively small and insignificant person or organization”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈnæv(ə)lɪnz/ === Noun === manavelins pl (plural only) (nautical) Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food. ==== Related terms ==== manarvel === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “menavelings”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 50. “Menavelings” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 224.