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mundungo

mundungo is the alternative form of mundungus.

Meaning of mundungus

Noun

mundungus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
    • Claret is the universal medicine here, and mundungus port the bane and stupefaction of all society.1767, November 5, George Faulkner, a letter to William Bowyer
  2. (archaic) Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell.
    • Whom he brings in among us
      And bribes with mundungus;1728 July 28, My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint Against the Dean, Jonathan Swift

Forms of mundungo

pluralmundungos

Questions about mundungo

What is mundungo the alternative form of?
Mundungo is the alternative form of mundungus.

Words near mundungo in the dictionary

  1. mundu
  2. Mundugumor
  3. Mundugumors
  4. munduh
  5. munduhs
  6. mundungo
  7. mundungos
  8. mundungus
  9. mundunugu
  10. Mundurucu
  11. Mundurucus

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