mingle-mangle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mingle-mangle
Example Sentences
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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 Benson, Robert Hugh
“Have done with such mingle-mangle talk,” ordered Mr. Meredith, fretfully.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
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 Wynne, Arnold
The consequence is, that many passages in these sermons are what Latimer would call a "mingle-mangle," or what we should call in this day "a complete mess."
From A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield by Ryle, John Charles
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