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Definition of Mundungus
1. n. A stinking tobacco.
Definition of Mundungus
1. Noun. (obsolete) Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mundungus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mundungus
Literary usage of Mundungus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1768)
"... and mundungus, they would be fo far from being happy, that the fouls of ...
and mundungus would do penance there to all eternity. ..."
2. The Complete Works and Life of Laurence Sterne by Laurence Sterne, Wilbur Lucius Cross, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1904)
"... and mundungus hear of, but fresh anthems of joy, fresh raptures of love, ...
and mundungus, they would be so far from being happy, that the souls of ..."
3. The Works of Laurence Sterne: In One Volume, with a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1831)
"mundungus, with an immense fortune, made the whole tour ; going on from Rome to
Naples,—from Naples to Venice,—from Venice to Vienna,—to Dresden, to Berlin, ..."
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