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MUNGO
Noun
mungo (countable and uncountable, plural mungos or mungoes)
A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
Anagrams
• Muong
Proper noun
Mungo (plural Mungos)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mungo is the 19538th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1382 individuals. Mungo is most common among Black/African American (52.1%) and White (40.88%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Muong
Source: Wiktionary
Mun"go, n.
Definition: A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.
Note: Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded. Beck (Draper's Dict. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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