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dungs

dungs is the plural of dung.

dungs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dung.

Meaning of dung

Noun

dung (countable and uncountable, plural dungs)

  1. (uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.
    • Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool[…]c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
  3. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang) A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.

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Questions about dungs

What is dungs the plural of?
Dungs is the plural of dung.

Words near dungs in the dictionary

  1. dungmixens
  2. Dungna
  3. Dungo-an
  4. Dungog
  5. Dungowan
  6. dungs
  7. dungstead
  8. dungsteads
  9. Dungtoe
  10. dungwort
  11. Dungworth

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