gallimaufry

gallimaufry
    n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends},
         {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash},
         {mingle-mangle}, {hodgepodge}, {hotchpotch}, {gallimaufry},
         {omnium-gatherum}]
    

Gallimaufry \Gal`li*mau"fry\, n.; pl. {Gallimaufries}. [F.
   galimafr['e]e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different
   meats.]
   1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
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            Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced
            meat.                                 --King.
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   2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
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            The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry
            made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish.
                                                  --South.
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