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mingle-mangle

American

[ming-guhl-mang-guhl] / ˈmɪŋ gəlˌmæŋ gəl /

noun

a jumbled or confused mixture; hodgepodge.

Etymology

Origin of mingle-mangle

1540–50; gradational compound; see mingle, mangle ¹

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