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Synonyms for hodgepodge
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hoj-poj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ |
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Définition of hodgepodge
Origin :- also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (cf. Middle High German hotzen "shake").
- noun mixture, mess
- The Church was a hodgepodge of conflicting doctrines and ceremonial.
- Extract from : « Cornish Characters » by S. Baring-Gould
- "Look at this, madam, look at this hodgepodge," moaned the women.
- Extract from : « Six Women and the Invasion » by Gabrielle Yerta
- It was filled with a hodgepodge of papers, books, old clothes and bundles of linen.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- When fully operational, it will replace a hodgepodge of disaster programs that suffered from numerous shortcomings.
- Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
- Superstition is the interpretation of their religion, their political views are a hodgepodge of unconnected ideas.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Work Projects Administration
- The loot that the Nipe had been stealing had, at first, seemed to be a hodgepodge of everything.
- Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Remember then, that all is recorded by God and conscience; and all this hodgepodge of vanity must be reviewed and answered for.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- Kay stood, entranced, gazing upon the hodgepodge of color; she had the feeling of having stepped out of one world into another.
- Extract from : « The Pride of Palomar » by Peter B. Kyne
- French was to be no longer a hodgepodge or a patois, but the pure and perfect speech of the king and his court.
- Extract from : « A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance » by Joel Elias Spingarn
- They were all talking together in a hodgepodge, some pointing this way, some that, for they had lost their way.
- Extract from : « Tales from Tennyson » by Molly K. Bellew
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