mungo

American  

[muhng-goh] / ˈmʌŋ goʊ /

Also mongoe.

noun

plural

mungos

1. a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.

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mungo British  

/ ˈmʌŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a cheap felted fabric made from waste wool

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Etymology

Origin of mungo

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

They are useful for blending with mungo and shoddy, to give to these remanufactured materials that springy, bulky character which they lack.

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 following are the most important substitutes: noils, shoddy, mungo, extract-wool, and flocks.

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)

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)

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