Definition of motley crew
:an unusual mixed group
- We were a motley crew of musicians and athletes.
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motley
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: variegated in color
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: made up of many different people or things
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: a woolen fabric of mixed colors made in England between the 14th and 17th centuries
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: a garment made of motley
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: jester, fool
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crew
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: chiefly British past tense of crow
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: a band or force of armed men
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: a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests
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: gang
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: to act as a member of a crew
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: to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)
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