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
The mangel-wurzel and the sugar-beet are usually grown as a field crop, and will not enter into the calculations of the home garden.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Turnip seed, too, mangel-wurzel and swedes, onion, pea, bean, carrot, parsnip, radish, and beet seeds could be grown here by the same skill, care, and training as they are grown abroad.
From Three Acres and Liberty by Hall, Bolton
I pointed out that lack of early training had rendered me unable to distinguish between a threshing-machine and a mangel-wurzel, so he chucked that.
From Psmith in the City by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Besides beetroot for sugar, clover and sainfoin are grown, little or no barley, and neither turnips nor mangel-wurzel.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
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