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pongos

pongos is the plural of pongo.

Meaning of pongo

Noun (1)

pongo (plural pongos or pongoes)

  1. (UK, slang) A soldier.
  2. (UK, slang) A lazy, good-for-nothing person.
  3. (archaic) Any large ape.
    • […] asserts, that the apes called pongos, "kill many negroes that travel in the woods." […] [Regarding] pongos belabouring [i.e. beating] elephants, [he adds] that "a pongo ape carried off a young negro, […]"1871, Charles Waterton, Essays on Natural History..., page 158

Noun (2)

pongo (plural pongos)

  1. A river canyon or gorge in Peru, especially a narrow, deep one cutting through a ridge or mountain range, carved by an Andean river.
    • The result is again clearly shown in the topography of the valley wall which becomes bold, inclosing the river in narrow "pongos" or canyons filled with huge bowlders^([sic]) and dangerous rapids.1916, Isaiah Bowman, The Andes of Southern Peru, page 237

Questions about pongos

What is pongos the plural of?
Pongos is the plural of pongo.

Words near pongos in the dictionary

  1. ponging
  2. Ponglish
  3. pongo
  4. pongoes
  5. Pongol
  6. pongos
  7. Pongratz
  8. Pongratzes
  9. pongs
  10. pongteh
  11. pongy

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