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Gallimaufry

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:49:47

Gal`li*mau"fry (?), n.; pl. Gallimaufries (#). [F. galimafr'ee a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]

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.

 

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