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  • 1hotch|potch — «HOCH POCH», noun. 1. = hodgepodge. (Cf. ↑hodgepodge) 2. a dish containing a mixture of many ingredients, especially a mutton broth thickened with young vegetables of all sorts stewed together. 3. Law = hotchpot. (Cf. ↑hotchpot) ╂[variant of… …

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  • 2Hotchpot — Hotch pot , Hotchpotch Hotch potch , n. [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See {Hustle}, and {Pot}, and cf. {Hodgepodge}.] 1. A mingled mass; a… …

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  • 3compound — I. v. a. 1. Mix, mingle, intermix, intermingle, blend, combine, unite, amalgamate, (either physically or mentally). 2. Compromise, settle, adjust, compose. 3. Commute, pay with an abatement, pay by substitution. 4. Connive at, bargain with. II. v …

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  • 4Hotchpotch — Hotchpot Hotch pot , Hotchpotch Hotch potch , n. [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See {Hustle}, and {Pot}, and cf. {Hodgepodge}.] 1. A mingled… …

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  • 5hotchpotch — hotch•potch [[t]ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ[/t]] n. 1) coo a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley 2) brit. hodgepodge • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME hoche poche, rhyming var. of hotchpot …

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  • 6hotchpotch — /ˈhɒtʃpɒtʃ / (say hochpoch) noun 1. a heterogeneous mixture; a jumble: *The ordinary conversation that we heard in the bush was a hotch potch of the dialects of half the British counties. –c.e.w. bean, 1910. 2. Law → hotchpot. 3. a thick soup or… …