pongos

Bring back national service? ask most erks, jacks, or pongos: we dont need more cannon fodder like this yoof.

Community Engagement « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

Then an old ‘possum would sing out, or a black-furred flying squirrel — pongos, the blacks call ’em — would come sailing down from the top of an ironbark tree, with all his stern sails spread, as the sailors say, and into the branches of another, looking as big as an eagle-hawk.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

'Bloody pongos just the same,' commented Scott sourly as they walked on down the road.

Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974

Pan and the satyrs, from whose semi-brutal figures we derive our own superstitious idea of the form of the evil one, goats, rams, and pongos have shared with serpents and cats the obloquy of being in a manner his animal symbols.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 Various

My William was at this time about eleven months old, but was still at the breast, as I could never prevail on his lovely mother to wean him, and at the very time of which I am speaking, our little settlement was invaded one night by a tribe of those large baboons called ourang-outangs, pongos, or wild men of the woods, who did great mischief to our fruits, yams, and carrots.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

My wife went to her hoard of provisions, and distributed to every one of the pongos his share of fruit, succulent herbs, and roots, which they ate with great composure.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

I was astonished, and asked the Kaffre what he meant, when he told me that he himself saw my wife carried across the river by a band of pongos, (ourang-outangs), but he had always kept it a secret, for fear of giving me distress, as they were too far gone for pursuit when be beheld them.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

We then formed a close circle round Agnes and the children, to the exclusion of the pongos that still followed behind, howling and lamenting; and that night we lodged in the camp of the Lockos, placing a triple guard round my family, of which there stood great need.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

She spoke highly of the pongos, of their docility, generosity, warmth of affection to their mates and young ones, and of their irresistible strength.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 398, November 14, 1829 Various

For myself, _bongos_ intrigue me even less than _pongos_, while

The Clicking of Cuthbert 1928