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Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
  2. n. archaic Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A stinking tobacco.

Etymologies

  1. From the Spanish mondongo ("tripe”, “entrails"), perhaps viâ its English etymon mondongo. (Wiktionary)

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  • madmouth Beyoootiful! Always something new to love Jul 29, 2011

  • milosrdenstvi But how do you remember what it means? Jul 29, 2011

  • VoraciousVerbivore Easy to remember word. just think mun"DUNG"us. Jul 28, 2011

  • knitandpurl "Ubu burns unburnt mundungus."
    Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 78 May 22, 2010

  • chained_bear "Bad or rank tobacco; from mondongo, a Spanish word signifying tripes, or the uncleaned entrails of a beast, full of filth."
    Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811. Sep 5, 2008

  • jennarenn Ah-ha! J.K. Rowling has an amazing vocabulary. Totally thought that this word was madeupical. Feb 14, 2008

  • chained_bear "'If you have finished, Stephen, pray smoke away. I am sure you bought some of your best mundungus in Mahon.'"
    --Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 212 Feb 14, 2008

  • widdershins It means malodorous tobacco. Dec 22, 2007

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