Gallimaufry

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gallimaufry \Gal`li*mau"fry\, n.; pl. {Gallimaufries}. [F.
     galimafr['e]e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different
     meats.]
     1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
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              Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced
              meat.                                 --King.
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     2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
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              The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry
              made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish.
                                                    --South.
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