| 单词 | maconochie ration |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMaconochie ration 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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