gallimaufries

Variant of gallimaufry

noun pl. gallimaufries

  1. Archaic a hash made of meat scraps
  2. a hodgepodge; jumble

Origin: Fr galimafrée, prob. < OFr galer (see gallant) + dial. (Picardy) mafrer, to eat much < MDu maffelen

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