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hotch·potch
/
ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ
/
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[
hoch
-poch
]
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noun
1.
a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley.
2.
British
,
hodgepodge
.
3.
Law.
a hotchpot.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
hoche poche,
rhyming variant of
hotchpot
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hotchpotch
or
esp
(
US and Canadian
)
hodgepodge
(ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ)
—
n
1.
a jumbled mixture
2.
a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables
[C15: a variant of
hotchpot
]
hodgepodge
or
esp
(
US and Canadian
)
hodgepodge
—
n
[C15: a variant of
hotchpot
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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