hotchpotch
Americannoun
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a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley.
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British. hodgepodge.
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Law. a hotchpot.
noun
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a jumbled mixture
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a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables
Etymology
Origin of hotchpotch
1350–1400; Middle English hoche poche, rhyming variant of hotchpot
Example Sentences
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Researchers have located "the perfect solar system", forged without the violent collisions that made our own a hotchpotch of different-sized planets.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
But other studies point to a more complex story, in which humanity began as a hotchpotch of many different groups of ancient Africans that, together, evolved into modern-day humans.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2022
“It’s mostly an embarrassing hotchpotch of inadequate establishments,” said Axel Klausmeier, director of the Berlin Wall Foundation.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2019
The answer: they are all part of the myriad of inspirations found on the first full day of Paris’ ready-to-wear shows and fashion’s ever-creative hotchpotch.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
This astounding hotchpotch forms an admirable example of the way in which local etymology is still generally treated in highly respectable publications.
From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen
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