noun
pl. -·gos a monetary unit of Mongolia, equal to of a tugrik
Origin of mongo
from Khalkha möngömongo
mon·goWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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mongo
Slang
noun
Items found in the trash that can be salvaged.
Origin of mongo
Akin to 1930s American trade jargon mungo one who searches for salvageable items in the trash perhaps akin to mungo inferior cloth made from fibers obtained by shredding old clothTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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