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mundungus
/mʌnˈdʌŋɡəs/
noun 2
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3VERB + MUNDUNGUS
bribes
MUNDUNGUS + NOUN
bane, port
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Offal; waste animal product; organic matter unfit for consumption.
Claret is the universal medicine here, and mundungus port the bane and stupefaction of all society.
2
Poor-quality tobacco with a foul, rancid, or putrid smell.
Whom he brings in among us And bribes with mundungus;
The whole town of Ryde could not supply a single leaf [of tea]; for as to what Mrs. Francis and the shop called by that name, it was not of Chinese growth. It did not indeed in the least resemble tea, either in smell or taste, or in any particular, unless in being a leaf: for it was in truth no other than a tobacco of the mundungus species.
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Claret is the universal medicine here, and mundungus port the bane and stupefaction of all society.
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Whom he brings in among us And bribes with mundungus;
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The whole town of Ryde could not supply a single leaf [of tea]; for as to what Mrs. Francis and the shop called by that name, it was not of Chinese growth. It did not indeed in the least resemble tea,
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