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phizzwizard (18 words)
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Gigglesomes, by Kaichi
rduke's Words, by rduke
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"Bad or rank tobacco; from mondongo, a Spanish word signifying tripes, or the uncleaned entrails of a beast, full of filth."
—Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811.
Ah-ha! J.K. Rowling has an amazing vocabulary. Totally thought that this word was madeupical.
"'If you have finished, Stephen, pray smoke away. I am sure you bought some of your best mundungus in Mahon.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 212
It means malodorous tobacco.