podge

pudge (pʌdʒ)

/ (pɒdʒ) /

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noun

informal a short chubby person

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Words nearby podge

poddy-dodger, -pode, podesta, podetiiform, podetium, podge, Podgorica, Podgorny, podgy, podiatrist, podiatry

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How to use podge in a sentence

A fascination with crafting (I still have Mod Podge in bodily crevasses).
Sororities Finally Take Back the Night|Kelsey Meany|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prins: I liked it until halfway through, and then it was a hodge-podge bunch of events.
Wall Street on Wall Street|Randall Lane|September 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A hodge-podge like this may not add up to a potent message in the face of higher health costs and GOP attacks.
The Democrats' Midterm Nightmare|Matt Miller|November 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What a muddle, what a hodge-podge I have made of this pen work!
Studies in the Art of Rat-catching|H. C. Barkley

Higher levels contained a hodge-podge of implements, all in the same light, strong formula of design.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen
A great deal more real than one would believe as he viewed that hodge-podge painting of Vernets.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun
In like manner, under the consideration of names, I will make a hodge-podge of divers articles.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de Montaigne
Unfortunately, the next day, in her tussle with a business order, she made such a hodge-podge of words that her teacher laughed.
The Shadow|Mary White Ovington