garmento

garmento
 n.— «“The Peninsula is where all the old garmentos stay,” Brooks sniffed. “They like to be close to the factories on the Kowloon side.» —“Bigger does better in Hong Kong” by Bernadette Morra Toronto Star (Canada) Aug. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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