gallimaufries

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat.— King.[1913 Webster]

2.Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [1913 Webster]

The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish.— South.[1913 Webster]
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