noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog in the manger
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arthur as a baby, asleep in the manger straw.
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Joseph and Mary with their newborn son lying in a manger .
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People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.
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The situation Imagine that you are the manger with three supervisors reporting to you.
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The Virgin's shawl is of a distinctly baroque blue and the manger itself is full of plump Midwestern wheat stalks.
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They met the gang of shepherds going west and all went in together and knelt down at the manger .
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When I examined the manger where the feed had been put, I found oats and bran.
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Your manger had a hunch that you were the culprit, so she winged you.