mulligan
[muhl-i-guh n]
noun
Also called mulligan stew. a stew containing meat, vegetables, etc., especially one made of any available ingredients.
Golf. a shot not counted against the score, permitted in unofficial play to a player whose previous shot was poor.
RELATED WORDS
brew, soup, pie, bomb, mine, missile, powder, ammunition, detonator, dynamite, gunpowder, salmagundi, hash, goulash, medley, jumble, mishmash, potpourri, grease
Nearby words
- muller,
- muller, hermann joseph,
- mullered,
- mullet,
- mulley,
- mulligatawny,
- mulligrubs,
- mulliken,
- mullingar,
- mullion
Origin of mulligan
First recorded in 1900–05; special use of proper name
Mulligan
[muhl-i-guh n]
noun
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Word Origin for mulligan
C20: perhaps from the surname
Mulligan
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Mulligan
surname, from Gaelic Maolagan, Old Irish Maelecan, a double diminutive of mael "bald," hence "the little bald (or shaven) one," probably often a reference to a monk or disciple. As "stew made with whatever's available," 1904, hobo slang, probably from a proper name. The golf sense of "extra stroke after a poor shot" (1949) is sometimes said to be from the name of a Canadian golfer in the 1920s whose friends gave him an extra shot in gratitude for driving them over rough roads to their weekly foursome at St. Lambert Country Club near Montreal.
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