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January 4, 2010 by Grant Barrett

Mundungus

Today’s word of the day is mundungus, a stinking tobacco. From the Spanish mondongo, meaning paunch (more precisely, the first stomach of a ruminant), tripe, or black pudding. Walter Skeat has a substantial entry on the word in his Notes on English Etymology. These days, mundungus is mostly known as the first name of the tobacco-smoking Mundungus Fletcher in the Harry Potter young adult fiction by J.K. Rowling.

October 15, 2009 by Grant Barrett

Wordnik word of the day: dottle

Today’s word of the day is dottle, a small rounded lump or mass, especially the tobacco remaining in the bottom of a tobacco pipe after smoking, which is often put on the top of fresh tobacco when refilling.


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Photo by Jack Shainsky under a Creative Commons license.

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