mangel
Example Sentences
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Theoretically an excessive development of the leaves of the mangel may be inimical to the growth of the root.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
The word is in German mangel wurzel, root of scarcity.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
I must just take a look at my mangel, and my orchard, which you must know is my piggery.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
I can conjugate the modern verb "to wangle," And, if required, translate it into Greek; I can even tell a wurzel from a mangel; But I cannot tell a bubble from a squeak.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
Strange, perhaps Oliver Cromwell is now a mangel wurzel, and poor King Charles the First an apple tree!
From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
