Mundungus

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No: HPFGUIDX 111039

I'm fairly new here, so I don't know if this has been mentioned 
before. The word "Mundungus" was unfamiliar to me and I just assumed 
it was a made-up name, maybe combining "mundus" (world) and "dung" 
(dung). But i ran across it in a Patrick O'Brien novel recently, and 
it is a type of tobacco apparently. I'm not sure what 
characteristics it has. In the O'Brien book the character bought it 
while in the Mediterranean, so I'm thinking it may be African, which 
is typically very strong flavored, which would fit with Mundungus 
the character in HP. Or maybe it is Royal Navy slang. Does anyone 
know anything about this? Thanks in advance.

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