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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†MUNGA, n. A helpless or useless person.Rxb. 1880 in Watson W.-B.:
A complete munga.

[Prob. a derisory use of the Sc. personal name Mungo, used in Eng. to mean variously a swell or dandy, a negro slave, a dog.]

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