Fogo

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”). alt-of, alternative

    "And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A community in Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. 2
    An island of the Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde.
  3. 3
    A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.

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"And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom."

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cape verdenewfoundland and labrador

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