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trail mix

American  

noun

  1. gorp.


trail mix British  

noun

  1. a high-energy snack food consisting of dried fruit, nuts, and seeds, eaten esp by hikers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Try making a picnic-friendly trail mix with this popcorn.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2025

And over on a hard-to-come-by couch, 84-year-old “EO” director Jerzy Skolimowski sat by himself snacking on the popcorn and trail mix available for guests.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2023

Ours is an improbable world, in which Birkenstocks and tie-dye — once signifiers of hippie anti-style, as glamorous as trail mix — are now more chic than ever.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

On your next trek, instead of popping the trail mix as usual, opt for a rice cracker concoction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2022

I grabbed a couple of Snickers bars, some chocolate-covered peanuts, a bag of trail mix.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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