mangel
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Although the mangel is one of the most nutritious articles of food which can be given to cattle, yet it is stated on the best authority that sheep do not thrive upon it.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
The substitution of mangel for the original mangold, was probably an attempt to correct some vulgar error in orthography; or to substitute a word of some significance for one of none.
From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
We had him from the work'us when he was seven, to chop mangel wurzel, and here he's been ever since, nigh twelve year.
From The Last Galley Impressions and Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The mangel wurzel produces a larger crop than the Swedish turnip.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
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 George Bell
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