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Definition of "hotchpotch" [hotchpotch]

  • A hodgepodge. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hotchpotch" in a sentence
  • "Page 50 jumbling of two sorts of flesh together be a sin, how intolerable an offence must it be to make a Spanish olla, that is, a hotchpotch of every kind of thing that is eatable?"
  • "Mr Blair listed a catalogue of things that would be different and he stressed how important it was that the Welsh Conservatives should not be allowed to lead a 'hotchpotch' coalition after the May election."
  • "You prefer to be one of those down whose throats the hotchpotch which is being cooked will be crammed."