The word "manger" is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun meaning "a container or trough, often made of wood or stone, used to hold food for animals, especially horses and cattle". Example sentence: The horses ate their hay out of the manger.
(A bit of the original manger straw is claimed to be inside).
Christ's absence is significant however, never mind the odd Mekong-style manger.
But the Japanese, rather than pamper their patrimony, have the habit of tearing down temples, shrines or massive gates that are hundreds of years old, only to immediately construct replicas".The ideal form of beauty for the Japanese is the cherry blossom," says the Japanese fund manger, in perfect American-accented English.
The Pope passed through the narrow door and down the precipitous steps to the manger in safety.In Israel on his way to Nazareth and Mount Zion Pope Paul enjoyed a less hectic passage.
We have to continue with a policy of heavy investment, and to get over once and for all the dog in the manger syndrome that has been very damaging in Latin America.The Economist: Alan García [Peru's president in 2006-11] said this same phrase in Peru.
Americans' spending on cancer may rise from $125 billion last year to up to $207 billion by 2020, according to Medco, a pharmacy-benefit manger.
A collapse of the euro, blamed rightly or wrongly on British "dog-in-the-manger stubbornness", would make the present row "look like a passing cloud on a summer's day", one EU diplomatic source said yesterday.
Meanwhile, what Pret-a-Manger lacks in bespoke beverages it makes up for in audacious sandwich ventures — every six months or so a new variety is unleashed on its customers, which is kept or discarded in the future according to popularity.
In 2000, Bethlehem's Manger Square was smartened for the millennium with $200m-worth 200m-worth ofns.
A phalanx of security guards allowed people to enter a distant corner of Manger Square in Bethlehem, a few hundred metres away from the president, but no closer.The lacklustre welcome mirrored the Palestinians' mood.
More information * If you buy a postcard from one of the Manger Square shops, the Palestinian stamps they sell mean you'll have to post it before crossing back to Israel.
