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mon·go

 (mŏng′gō) Slang
n.
Items found in the trash that can be salvaged.

[Akin to 1930s American trade jargon mungo, one who searches for salvageable items in the trash; perhaps akin to mungo, inferior cloth made from fibers obtained by shredding old cloth.]
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mongo

(ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) or

mongoe

n
(Textiles) a variant of mungo

möngö

(ˈmɒŋɡəʊ) or

mongoe

n, pl -gos or -goes
(Currencies) a Mongolian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a tugrik
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Noun1.mongo - 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia
Mongolian monetary unit - monetary unit in Mongolia
tughrik, tugrik - the basic unit of money in Mongolia
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Among the country's top vegetable and root crops are mongo, peanut, cabbage, eggplant, tomato, sweet potato and cassava.
The analyst views the concerns as overdone, and says recent customer/partner checks point to signs of enterprise "Mongo standardization" and Atlas adoption within the enterprise.
Natembeya, formerly Narok county commissioner, was elevated to take over from Mongo Chimwaga who was redeployed to the Interior ministry as secretary, national administration.
Bite-sized delights showcase flavors from different parts of the country, such as beef kaldereta in malunggay pan de sal, Tinapa Ciabatta, eggplant baguette, toast with langgonisa from Lucban, Quezon, chicken inasal roll, ube leche flan, red mongo buchi, mango turon and maja cream cheese.
SPECIAL PASSES Security agencies led by Rift Valley regional commissioner Chimwanga Mongo announced that the Narok-Mai Mahiu and Narok-Bomet highways will be closed during the fete.
Farmers in Pangasinan are better off because they have turned to planting crops which do not need much water like corn, garlic and mongo.
Vicmundo said the affected farmers had consented to the suspension of services and had planted mongo or corn which did not require too much water.
President, Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain, has said that growers have been ignoring new investments due to cost factor as mongo orchards have grown old resulting in compromised quality and quantity that can result in loss of title of being 5th largest producer and 8th largest exporter of mango in the world, source said to Research Analyst-PAGE.
He said that soon the mongo season will come to end and after that final data of export will be known, however as per current information, the situation is not favourable.