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Gallimaufry
Pronunciation : Gal`li*mau"fry
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. galimafr?e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
Definition : 1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.
2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. South.
pl. Gallimaufries.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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