hotchpotch

[ hoch-poch ]
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noun
  1. a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley.

  2. British. hodgepodge.

  1. Law. a hotchpot.

Origin of hotchpotch

1
1350–1400; Middle English hoche poche, rhyming variant of hotchpot

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British Dictionary definitions for hotchpotch

hotchpotch

esp US and Canadian hodgepodge

/ (ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ) /


noun
  1. a jumbled mixture

  2. a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables

Origin of hotchpotch

1
C15: a variant of hotchpot

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