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Definition of salmagundi
1 : a salad plate of chopped meats, anchovies, eggs, and vegetables arranged in rows for contrast and dressed with a salad dressing
2 : a heterogeneous mixture : potpourri
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Examples of salmagundi in a Sentence
the downtown area has a salmagundi of one-of-a-kind shops, where you can find almost anything you might need—and many things you don't
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Nearly 100 objects from the Met’s collection, from the Near Eastern and African departments to the arms and armor holdings, have been sucked into this sculptural salmagundi.
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The agency’s art department, M.T.A. Arts & Design, founded and first funded in 1985, is rarely — in a salmagundi system 112 years old — presented with a brand-new, blank canvas.
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Origin and Etymology of salmagundi
French salmigondis
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