"mannery"

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:00 PM -0400 7/7/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 7/7/2009 10:54 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>Nor am I, but I can't help wondering whether "manneries" in the
>>plural might not have had an alternate career as a way of
>>representing those oversize chests on certain individuals of a male
>>persuasion, the kind for which the "manzeer" or "bro" were proposed
>>(by, if memory serves, Mr. Constanza).
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>This makes me wonder, not knowing the full context, whether "mannery"
>refers to the jewelry, or rather the place whereon it is
>placed.  Analagous to (esp.?) nunnery -- and I see the OED has for
>"-ery":  "b. In modern, chiefly U.S., use, after bakery (= baker's
>shop or works), and similar words, this suffix has gained
>considerable currency in denoting 'a place where an indicated article
>or service may be purchased or procured'"  Or found?
>
>Joel

So another sense for "mannery" would be a sports bar, or strip joint?

LH

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>>LH
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>>>On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter
>>><wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>>  That's right, "mannery." Used several times on last night's installment of
>>>>  "Millionaire Matchmaker."
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>>>>  It means chain, rings, or other jewelry worn by men.
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