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hodge⋅podge

  [hoj-poj]
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–noun
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
Origin:
1615–25; var. of hotchpotch

Synonyms:
conglomeration, miscellany, muddle, mess.
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hodge·podge   (hŏj'pŏj')   
n.  A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble.

[Alteration of Middle English hochepot, from Old French, stew; see hotchpot.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

hodgepodge 
1426 (hogpoch), alteration of hotchpotch (c.1386), from a legal term in Anglo-Fr. (attested from 1292) for collecting of property in a common pot before dividing it, from O.Fr. hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. hotzen "shake").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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