Mungo
[mʌŋgәu]
Definition
(n.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.
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Definition
n. the waste produced in a woollen-mill from hard spun or felted cloth or from tearing up old clothes used in making cheap cloth.
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Examples
- In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly, to complain that old Mungo has stolen his new wife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mungo Ponton applies Bichromate of Potash in Photography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mungo Ponton, in 1839, discovered the sensitive quality of a sheet of paper treated with bichromate of potash. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Sir Pitt was first married to Grizzel, sixth daughter of Mungo Binkie, Lord Binkie, and cousin, in consequence, of Mr. Dundas. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mungo Ponton, in 1838, discovered the sensitive quality of potassium bichromate, which led up to carbon printing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He has a thirst for travelling; perhaps he may turn out a Bruce or a Mungo Park, said Mr. Brooke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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