See Also: twiner(medicine)

Maconochie (iou) and twiner (medicine)


Maconochie (iou)



Maconochie noun. Military slang. E20.
[Maconochie Brothers of London, makers of such Food.]
Meat stewed with Vegetables and tinned, esp. as supplied to soldiers on active service. Also, the stomach.

twiner (medicine)


twiner
<botany> Any plant which twines about a support.

Source: Websters Dictionary