hotch-potch

  • 41higgledy-piggledy — confusedly, hurriedly, 1590s, a vocal gesture [OED] probably formed from PIG (Cf. pig) and the animal s suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the h /p pattern are common (e.g. hanky panky, hocus pocus, hinch(y) pinch(y), an obsolete …

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  • 42hodgepodge — [[t]hɒ̱ʤpɒʤ[/t]] also hodge podge N SING: usu with supp, oft N of n A hodgepodge is an untidy mixture of different types of things. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] ...a hodgepodge of maps, small tools, and notebooks. Syn: jumble (in BRIT, usually use hotch …

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  • 43hotchpotch — see hotch potch …

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  • 44mishmash — [[t]mɪ̱ʃmæʃ[/t]] also mish mash N SING: usu a N of n (disapproval) If you say that something is a mishmash, you are criticizing it because it is a confused mixture of different types of things. The letter was a mish mash of ill fitting proposals… …

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  • 45farrago — n. Medley, mixture, jumble, hodgepodge, hotch potch, salmagundi, olio, gallimaufry, olla podrida …

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  • 46gallimaufry — n. 1. Olio, ragout, hash. 2. Medley, farrago, jumble, miscellany, salmagundi, olio, hotch potch, hodge podge, confused mixture …

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  • 47hodge-podge — n. Medley, farrago, jumble, mixture, miscellany, salmagundi, hotch potch, gallimaufry, olio, olla podrida …

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  • 48medley — n. Mixture, miscellany, jumble, farrago, hotch potch, hodge podge, salmagundi, gallimaufry, mish mash, pot pourri, olio, mélange, confused mass …

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  • 49mélange — n. [Fr.] Mixture, medley, farrago, jumble, hodge podge, hotch potch, salmagundi, olio, mingle mangle, pot pourri, gallimaufry, mish mash, olla podrida …

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  • 50miscellany — n. Mixture, medley, diversity, variety, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hodge podge, hotch potch, mish mash, jumble, gallimaufry, miscellaneous collection, mélange …

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