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cargoes

[kahr-goh] Origin

car·go

[kahr-goh]
noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1.
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
3.
cargos, pants or shorts having several cargo pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.
adjective
4.
of or denoting a style of pants or shorts with cargo pockets.

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Cargoes is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1640–50; < Spanish: a load, noun derivative of cargar to load < Late Latin carricāre; see charge


1. See freight. 2. burden.

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cargo
1657, from Sp. cargo "burden," from cargar "to load, impose taxes," from L.L. carricare "to load on a cart" (see charge). South Pacific cargo cult is from 1949.
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