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gallimaufry Definition

gal·li·mau·fry (gal′i mô′frē)

noun pl. -·fries

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

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

gallimaufry Quotes

Sonow they havemade our Englishtonguea gallimaufry or hodgepodge of all other speeches.

—Spenser, Edmund

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