mingle-mangle
Americannoun
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Origin of mingle-mangle
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I tried it, but I always seemed to revert to excess: one big mingle-mangle, everybody in the pool.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
There had been no half measures at Northampton, for the Puritans had a loathing of what they called a "mingle-mangle."
From By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson
“Have done with such mingle-mangle talk,” ordered Mr. Meredith, fretfully.
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
The mingle-mangle of scarcely connected incidents which did duty with Greene for a plot, the irrepressible by-play with which Lyly loved to interrupt his main story, were rejected by him.
From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne
So that the Essay is written with a stimulating mingle-mangle of attraction and reluctance, of advocacy and admission.
From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
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