Sunday supper was a hotchpotch of leftovers.
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First Known Use: 1567
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearagglomerate, agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, tumble, variety, welter;
notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries;
admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up;
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