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GALLIMAUFRIES
Noun
gallimaufries
plural of gallimaufry.
Source: Wiktionary
GALLIMAUFRY
Gal`li*mau"fry, n.; pl. Gallimaufries. Etym: [F. galimafrée 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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