mangel-wurzel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mangel-wurzel
1770–80; < German, variant of Mangoldwurzel ( Mangold beet + Wurzel root; cf. wort 2)
Example Sentences
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Children carry "punkies" - lanterns traditionally made from a large turnip known as a mangel-wurzel - and stop at key locations to sing the Punkie Song.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2014
Doves for a bishop and the little mangel-wurzel for the labouring man.
From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Experiments on mangel-wurzel 568, 569 Table X. Experiments with different manures on permanent meadow-land, thirty-six years, 1856-91 570 Table XI.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Have some castor-oil boiling, slice three large heads of mangel-wurzel, and put them in your castor-oil till quite crisp.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
At the commencement of the winter, a cow-keeper in the neighborhood told our man that we should give our cows a little mangel-wurzel.
From Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it by Coulton, Miss
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