Maconochien.

Brit.

/məˈkɒnəki/,

/məˈkɒnəxi/, U.S.

/məˈkɑnəki/

Forms: 1900s– Maconochie, 1900s– McConochie.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Maconochie.

Etymology: < the name of the makers, Maconochie Brothers, ‘preserved provision, sauce & pickle manufacturers, fish curers &c.’ ( Post Office London Directory (1890) 1148/1).

1. colloquial. Meat stewed with vegetables and tinned, esp. as supplied to British soldiers on active service; a tin of such meat. Also Maconochie ration, Maconochie tin.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > tinned meat

rillettes1858

Fanny Adams1884

tinned dog1895

Harriet Lane1896

Maconochie1901

monkey meat1918

Spam1937

luncheon meat1945

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness i. 9 The hungry shelterers trooped back to their ‘dixies’, and wasted not a thought upon them [sc. shells], until the ‘Maconochie’ had vanished.

1915 F. H. Lawrence in T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 689 We have found several tins of Maconochie Rations & also Jam in the house.

1917 ‘I. Hay’ Carrying On viii. 220 How would a Maconochie apiece suit your boys?

1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk ii. xix. 225 He manages to scrape together two tins of Maconochie (stew), a tin of cold potatoes,..and some ‘issue biscuits’.

1954 W. Faulkner Fable 61 His company commander was shaving out of a Maconochie tin.

1980 Daily Tel. 5 May 12 His conversation was about..the gastronomic merits of bully-beef and McConochie rations.

2. Military slang. In the First World War (1914–18): the stomach.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > stomach or belly > [noun]

maweOE

wombOE

codc1275

cropc1325

gut1362

stomachc1374

bellyc1375

pauncha1393

flanka1398

heartc1400

kitchen?a1500

kytec1540

micklewame1566

craw1574

ventricle1574

pudding house1583

buck1607

wame1611

ventricule1677

ventriculus1710

victualling-office1751

breadbasket1753

haggis1757

haggis bagc1775

baggie1786

pechan1786

manyplies1787

middle piece1817

inner man1856

inner woman1857

tum-tum1864

tum1867

tummy1867

keg1887

stummick1888

kishke1902

shit-bag1902

Little Mary1903

puku1917

Maconochie1919

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 32 Maconochie,..stomach.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 149 Maconochie..was also sometimes used for stomach, e.g., ‘He got hit in the Maconochie.’

Compounds

Maconochie Cross n. Military slang (in the First World War (1914–18)) the Military Cross.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders

Order of St Michael1530

Legion of Honour1802

clasp1813

Iron Cross1813

medal1813

star1844

Victoria Cross1856

V.C.1859

Medal of Honour1861

bar1864

yellow jacket1864

V.D.1901

Croix de Guerre1915

Military Cross1915

C.G.M.1916

Military Medal1916

pip1917

M.M.1918

purple heart1918

Maconochie Cross1919

Maconochie Medal1919

wound-stripe1919

T.D.1924

rooty gong1925

Silver Star1932

Ritterkreuz1940

Africa Star1943

ruptured duck1945

Spam medal1945

screaming eagle1946

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 32 Maconochie Cross, Military Cross.

1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 331 Maconochie Cross, the Military Cross.

Maconochie Medal n. Military slang (in the First World War (1914–18)) the Military Medal.

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