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Definition of Manger
1. Noun. A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed.
Definition of Manger
1. n. A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
Definition of Manger
1. Noun. A trough for animals to eat from. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manger
1. a trough or box from which horses or cattle eat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manger
Literary usage of Manger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Agriculturist (1847)
"In addition to the expense of stone, the manger itself is cumbersome and ...
The cheapness of wood will possibly determine of what the manger shall be ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"And she . . . laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
... A churlish cur got into a manger, and there lay growling to keep the ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE DOG IN THE manger A DOG looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the
manger of an Ox and lay there cosily upon the straw. But soon the Ox, ..."
4. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"PROCESSION OF THE manger. In some places in Bohemia the Krippe is used in ...
According to tradition, the stone manger contained within it another of wood ..."
5. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
""The Star Above the manger" has become a recitation classic in his native State
and the poet considered it his best piece of work. ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... New Tabernacle Sermons (1886); Marriage Ring; Discourses (1886); From manger
to Throne; a New Life of Jesus, and a History of Palestine (Philadelphia, ..."
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