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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First Known Use: circa 1674
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearagglomerate, agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, 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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