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hodge-podge (noun)

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  • hodge|podge — «HOJ POJ», noun. 1. a disorderly mixture; mess; jumble: »Her room was a hodgepodge of things strewn all over the floor. The result has been a hodgepodge of misinformation (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). So now they have made our English tongue… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hodge-podge — noun (singular) the American form of the word hotchpotch …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hodge·podge — /ˈhɑːʤˌpɑːʤ/ noun [singular] chiefly US : a mixture of different things a hodgepodge of styles called also (Brit) hotchpotch …   Useful english dictionary

  • olla podrida — noun /ɑl.ə.pəˈdɹiː.də/ a) A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables. b) A mixture; a hodge podge …   Wiktionary

  • hodgepodge — hodge|podge [ hadʒ,padʒ ] noun singular a collection or mixture of things that do not belong together or have been put together carelessly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Silent e — is a writing convention in English spelling. A silent letter e at the end of a word often signals a specific pronunciation of the preceding vowel letter, as in the difference between rid /ˈrɪd/ and ride /ˈraɪd/. This orthographic pattern followed …   Wikipedia

  • Homeric scholarship — is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies, but the subject is one of the very oldest topics in all scholarship or science,… …   Wikipedia

  • shambles — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. slaughterhouse, abattoir (see killing); wreck, chaos, mess. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mess, hodge podge, confusion; see disorder 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mess, disorder,… …   English dictionary for students

  • gal|li|mau|fry — «GAL uh M free», noun, plural fries. 1. a mixture of unlike things; confused jumble; hodgepodge: »So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry or hodge podge of all other speeches (Edmund Spenser). 2. a meat stew or hash; ragout. ╂[< …   Useful english dictionary

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