yən, ˈslʌmˌgʌl- noun
1.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
2.
a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
3.
the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
4.
a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; compare Scots, Hiberno-English gullion quagmire, cesspool
1840–50, Americanism; compare Scots, Hiberno-English gullion quagmire, cesspool
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| —n | |
| 1. | slang an inexpensive stew |
| 2. | offal, esp the refuse from whale blubber |
| 3. | a reddish mud deposited in mine sluices |
| [C19: from slum in US sense slime + gullion, perhaps variant of cullion testicles] | |
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