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  • 51pongo — noun (plural pongos) Brit. military slang a soldier (used especially by members of the Royal Navy or RAF). Origin C17 (denoting a large ape): from Congolese mpongo (see pongid). The slang sense dates from the early 20th cent …

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  • 52pongo — pon·go …

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  • 53pongo — I. /ˈpɒŋgoʊ/ (say ponggoh) noun → glider (def. 5). {? Australian Aboriginal} II. /ˈpɒŋgoʊ/ (say ponggoh) noun 1. (upper case) a genus of anthropoid apes comprising the orangutans. 2. an anthropoid ape. {New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu a… …

  • 54pongo —  Soldier …

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  • 55Pongo — 1. n. (pl. os) 1 an orang utan. 2 Naut. sl. a soldier. Etymology: Congolese mpongo, orig. of African apes 2. n. (pl. os) Austral. & NZ sl. offens. an Englishman. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn …

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  • 56M'Pongo Love — M Pongo Love, de son vrai nom Alfride M Pongo Landu est une chanteuse congolaise née le 27 août 1956 à Boma (RDC) et décédée le 15 janvier 1990 à Kinshasa (RDC). Elle est considérée, avec Abeti Masikini, comme les deux plus… …

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  • 57Tom 'Pongo' Waring — Thomas (Tom) Pongo Waring (12 October 1906 ndash; 20 December 1980) was an English footballer. Nicknamed Pongo after a famous cartoon of the time, Waring is one of Aston Villa s all time great centre forwards. In his career, he scored 243 league… …

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  • 58genus Pongo — noun type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans • Syn: ↑Pongo • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pongidae, ↑family Pongidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 59ni quito ni pongo rey — La frase se emplea cuando alguien desea expresar la necesidad que tiene de ayudar o favorecer a otra persona, sean cuales sean el motivo de la ayuda y las consecuencias posteriores. .El origen del dicho se remonta a mediados del siglo XIV, cuando …

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  • 60aqui te pongo, aqui no te pongo —   realizar una accion parcialmente. Indecision …

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