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mish⋅mash

  [mish-mahsh, -mash]
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–noun
a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
Also, mish⋅mosh  [mish-mosh] .

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; gradational formation based on mash
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mish·mash   (mĭsh'māsh', -mäsh')   
n.  A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.

[Middle English misse-masche, probably reduplication of mash, soft mixture; see mash.]
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mishmash 
c.1450, mysse-masche, probably an imitative reduplication of mash (1).
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