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noun
1.
something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest.
2.
an extremely confused, entangled, or disordered place, situation, etc.: We just moved in, and the place is a mare's-nest.
Origin:
1610–20
1610–20
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Mare's nest
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
WordNet
| mare's nest | |
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| a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter] |
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