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Salmagundi   Listen
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Salmagundi  n.  
1.
A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
2.
Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.





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"Salmagundi" Quotes from Famous Books



... defending the new movement in English poetry, and passing lightly by their idol Pope. Indeed, his unpopularity debarred him from succeeding the first editor. He withdrew, and began the publication of The Idle Man in numbers, modeled on Salmagundi and the Sketch-Book. His contributions consisted of critical papers and his novelettes 'Paul Felton,' 'Tom Thornton,' and 'Edward and Mary.' Not finding many readers, he discontinued it after the first ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 • Various
... cream Raspberry cream Tea cream Sago cream Barley cream Gooseberry fool To make slip Curds and cream Blanc mange To make a hen's nest Pheasants a-la-daub Partridges a-la-daub Chickens a-la-daub To make savoury jelly Turkey a-la-daub Salmagundi An excellent relish after dinner ...
— The Virginia Housewife • Mary Randolph
... worthies had jolly suppers at the humble taverns of the city, and wilder revelries in an old country house on the Passaic, which is celebrated in the "Salmagundi" papers as Cockloft Hall. We are reminded of the change of manners by a letter of Mr. Paulding, one of his comrades, written twenty years after, who recalls to mind the keeper of a porter house, "who whilom wore a long coat, in the pockets whereof he jingled two bushels ...
— Washington Irving • Charles Dudley Warner


Words linked to "Salmagundi" :   omnium-gatherum, ragbag, witch's brew, mingle-mangle, grab bag, miscellany, range, witches' broth, mixed bag, smorgasbord, aggregation, potpourri, mixture, gallimaufry, farrago, variety, assemblage, odds and ends, mishmash, motley, assortment, accumulation, oddments, sampler, melange, alphabet soup, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, salad


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