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hotchpotch

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hotch·potch  (hchpch)
n.
A hodgepodge.

[Middle English hochepoche, alteration of hochepot; see hotchpot.]

hotchpotch [ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ] esp US and Canadian, hodgepodge
n
1. a jumbled mixture
2. (Cookery) a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables
[variant of hotchpot]

Hotchpotch, Hodgepodge a confused mixture.
Examples: hotchpotch of errors, 1728; of garlic and cheese, 1591; of ideas; of many meats, 1530; of all sorts of men, 1652; of many nations, 1652; of true religion and popery, 1888; of songs, 1835; of tastes; of words, 1386.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hotchpotch - a motley assortment of things
assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
2.hotchpotch - a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables
stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
Translations
hotchpotch [ˈhɒtʃpɒtʃ] N (Brit) → mezcolanza f
hotchpotch
n (Brit) → Durcheinander nt, → Mischmasch m
hotchpotch [ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ] n (Brit) → pot-pourri m
hotchpotch [ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ] n (Brit) → pot-pourri m


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Many a poisonous hotchpotch hath evolved in our cellars: many an indescribable thing hath there been done.
Personally, he was an intellectual moralist, and more offending to him than platitudinous pomposity was the morality of those about him, which was a curious hotchpotch of the economic, the metaphysical, the sentimental, and the imitative.
 
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