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mumbo sauce

mumbo sauce noun: a sweet, tangy, reddish-orange condiment found in Chinese takeout restaurants in the Washington, DC area.

Noun

mumbo sauce (uncountable)

  1. (US) A sweet, tangy, reddish-orange condiment found in Chinese takeout restaurants in the Washington, DC area.

Forms of mumbo sauce

alternative formmambo sauce

Origin of mumbo sauce

Used as early as 1950. Formerly a registered trademark.

Questions about mumbo sauce

What does mumbo sauce mean?
Mumbo sauce means a sweet, tangy, reddish-orange condiment found in Chinese takeout restaurants in the Washington, DC area.
What part of speech is mumbo sauce?
Mumbo sauce is a noun.

Words near mumbo sauce in the dictionary

  1. mumbly joe
  2. mumbly joes
  3. mumbly-peg
  4. mumbo jumbo
  5. mumbo jumbos
  6. mumbo sauce
  7. mumbo-jumbery
  8. mumbo-jumbo
  9. mumbo-jumbos
  10. Mumbulla Mountain
  11. Mumby

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