Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Items found in the trash that can be salvaged.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See the extract.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[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 cloth.]

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  • Objects retrieved from the garbage. (WordSpy)

    September 26, 2008

  • Garbage pilfering is rife in Ulan Bator.

    September 26, 2008

  • Isn't Mongo the name of the big strapping guy everyone fears in Blazing Saddles? Something clicked in my brain when I saw this page (ouch) and said "Mongo sad!"

    October 16, 2008