manavilinsn.

1841 H. J. Mercier & W. Gallop Life in Man-of-War 169 De way dey overhaul a range of every pan, dish, and kettle, to find de manavalins, is nobody's business.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxii. 158 Various sea-rolls, made dishes, and Mediterranean pies..all of which come under the general denomination of Manavalins.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Manablins, broken victuals. Menavelings, odd money remaining after the daily accounts are made up at a railway booking-office,—usually divided among the clerks.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Malhavelins,..small perquisites or dues.

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 228 To the above-mentioned fare should be added,..the ‘manarolins’ [perh. read manarvlins] of the whale~men—that is, fresh meat, vegetables, milk, butter, eggs, and fruits.

1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxii He'd a stool and table too..this Robinson Crusoe cove. No end of manavilins either.

1902 E. B. Kennedy Black Police Queensland viii. 101 Odds and ends..are described in the Colony by the one useful old naval word ‘manavlins’, a term which embraces every small thing.

1936 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 640/2 He had instructed the steward that the boys must always have the manavilins—the leavings from the cabin table—and, moreover, that sufficient food should always be cooked to ensure that there were manavilins.

1980 Yankee Jan. 166/2 Whalemen..dined on giant sea turtles, seal liver, bananas, coconut, caribou... Of course these manavelins were perishable and lasted only a short time.

1983 G. S. Thomas Three Gardens 9 Plants as a rule increase..and the giving away of manavilins is a blessed form of friendship in which we all take pleasure.