mundungo
/mʌnˈdʌŋɡoʊ/
noun
- A type of strong, cheap, or bad-smelling tobacco.
- The old sailor packed his pipe with mundungo, filling the room with a harsh, smoky odor.
- In the 18th century, mundungo was often the only tobacco poor sailors could afford.
- He wrinkled his nose at the smell of mundungo wafting from the tavern.
- Any cheap or inferior tobacco; a tobacco substitute.
- During the war, people sometimes smoked mundungo made from dried leaves.
- She refused to smoke the mundungo her brother offered, preferring her usual brand.
- The shopkeeper sold a blend he called mundungo, but it was mostly stems and dust.