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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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