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hotchpotch

American  
[hoch-poch] / ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ /

noun

  1. a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley.

  2. British. hodgepodge.

  3. Law. a hotchpot.

hotchpotch British  
/ ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ /

noun

  1. a jumbled mixture

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

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Etymology

Origin of hotchpotch

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

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