Words for the last piece of food left on a plate:
| OLD MAID | 208 |
| SCRAPS | 32 |
| MANNERS PIECE | 31 |
| NR | 30 |
| MANNERS | 23 |
| SCRAP | 23 |
| LAST BITE | 20 |
| LAST PIECE | 18 |
| LEFTOVERS | 15 |
| LEAVINGS | 11 |
| LEFTOVER | 10 |
| LAST BUTTON OF JACOB’S COAT | 7 |
| OLD MAID’S PIECE | 7 |
| MORSEL | 6 |
| OLD MAID PIECE | 5 |
| KISS THE COOK | 4 |
| LAST MORSEL | 4 |
| LAST PEA IN THE DISH | 4 |
| LAST PIECE OF FOOD | 4 |
| TAIL END | 4 |
| CRUMB | 3 |
| CRUMBS | 3 |
| LAST BIT | 3 |
| ORT | 3 |
| DOG FOOD | 2 |
| LAST BUTTON ON GABE’S COAT | 2 |
| LAST BUTTON ON JOB’S COAT | 2 |
| LAST ONE | 2 |
| LEAVINS | 2 |
| OLD MAID IF YOU TAKE IT | 2 |
| OLD MAID’S BIT | 2 |
| OLD MAID’S DISH | 2 |
| OLD MAID’S PORTION | 2 |
| TIDBIT | 2 |
| BACHELOR | 1 |
| BEGGAR | 1 |
| BITE | 1 |
| BREAKING YOUR MANNERS | 1 |
| CAT HEAD | 1 |
| COOK’S PIECE | 1 |
| COOK’S PORTION | 1 |
| COURTESY PIECE | 1 |
| DAB | 1 |
| DINNER FOR THE DOG | 1 |
| DON’T EAT THE MANNERS | 1 |
| DON’T-EAT MANNERS | 1 |
| DRIGGLE | 1 |
| END GATE | 1 |
| END OF IT | 1 |
| FARMER’S SCRAPS | 1 |
| FIGHT PIECE | 1 |
| FINALE | 1 |
| GET A HANDSOME HUSBAND | 1 |
| GETS TO KISS THE COOK | 1 |
| GOOD MANNERS | 1 |
| HANDSOME HUSBAND | 1 |
| HAVE A HANDSOME HUSBAND | 1 |
| HAVE TO KISS THE COOK | 1 |
| HERE’S FOR A CLEAR DAY TOMORROW | 1 |
| HOBSON’S CHOICE | 1 |
| HOPKIN’S CHOICE | 1 |
| IF YOU ATE IT YOU’D BE AN OLD MAID | 1 |
| IF YOU EAT IT YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID | 1 |
| ILL MANNERS | 1 |
| I’LL TAKE MANNERS | 1 |
| IMPOLITE TO TAKE IT | 1 |
| IT’LL BE A FAIR DAY TOMORROW | 1 |
| IT’S BAD LUCK TO TAKE IT | 1 |
| JEWISH PIECE | 1 |
| LAST AND ALL | 1 |
| LAST BUTTON OFF GABRIEL’S COAT | 1 |
| LAST BUTTON ON JOB’S SHIRT | 1 |
| LAST DOG HUNG | 1 |
| LAST PEA IN THE POT | 1 |
| LAST ROSE OF SUMMER | 1 |
| LAST SCRAP | 1 |
| LAST SERVING | 1 |
| LAST SMIDGEN | 1 |
| LEAVE IT FOR MR. MANNERS | 1 |
| LEAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR PLATE FOR MANNERS | 1 |
| LEAVE THAT FOR MANNERS | 1 |
| LEAVING | 1 |
| LEFT FOR MANNERS | 1 |
| LEFT FOR MR. MANNERS | 1 |
| MANNER PIECE | 1 |
| MANNERS AND ALL | 1 |
| MANNERS AND ALL IS GONE | 1 |
| MANNERS IS LEFT | 1 |
| MISS MANNERS | 1 |
| MOTHER-IN-LAW’S BITE | 1 |
| OLD BACHELOR | 1 |
| OLD BACHELOR’S PIECE | 1 |
| OLD MAID CHOICE | 1 |
| OLD MAID FOR NEXT-TO-LAST PIECE | 1 |
| OLD MAID’S | 1 |
| OLD MAID’S SHARE | 1 |
| ONE FOR THE MAN IN THE WOODS | 1 |
| “ONE LEFT FOR MANNERS, AND I’M HIM” | 1 |
| ONE LOUSY BITE | 1 |
| ORTS | 1 |
| PARSEL | 1 |
| PIECE FOR LITTLE MISS MANNERS | 1 |
| PIECE LEFT FOR MANNERS | 1 |
| REMAIN | 1 |
| REMAINING ONE | 1 |
| REMAINS | 1 |
| REMNANT | 1 |
| SAVING MANNERS | 1 |
| SCRAPING | 1 |
| SHE’S LEFT MANNERS | 1 |
| TABLE MANNERS | 1 |
| TABLE SCRAPS | 1 |
| TAIL END OF IT | 1 |
| TAKIN’ AT LAST PIECE | 1 |
| THAT’S LEFT FOR MANNERS | 1 |
| UNTOUCHABLE | 1 |
| WHAT THE COBBLER THREW | 1 |
| WIND UP AN OLD MAID | 1 |
| YOU TOOK MANNERS | 1 |
| YOU’LL GET A HANDSOME HUSBAND | 1 |
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