mungo
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Origin of mungo
First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain
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Shoddy, mungo, and a liberal mixture of cotton to hold it together, blended in the many colorings, help to cover the deception.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
I take this animal to be about the size of the barking squirrel of the Missouri. and beleive most probably that it is of the Mustela genus, or perhaps the brown mungo itself.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether
By means of the strong current of air created by the high speed of the swift, the mungo is expelled from the machine through the funnel into a specially arranged receptacle.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
The cheaper grades are manufactured from a fine-fibered wool and shoddy, with low grades of shoddy and mungo for back.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
New mungo is made from rags chiefly composed of tailor’s clippings, unused pattern-room clippings, etc.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
The natives state that the Mangouste resorts on such occasions to the Ophiorhiza mungos, whose root is reputed a specific for serpents' bites.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
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