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单词 mixed bag
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mixed bagn.

Brit. /ˌmɪks(t) ˈbaɡ/, U.S. /ˈmɪks(t) ˈbæɡ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mixed adj.2, bag n.
Etymology: < mixed adj.2 + bag n. (compare bag n. 9).
a. An assortment of game killed while hunting. Cf. bag n. 9.
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1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia xvi. 417 There was an immense quantity of large game, and I made a mixed bag of elephants, hippopotami, buffaloes, rhinoceros, giraffes, and great numbers of the large antelopes.
1895 Littell's Living Age 24 Aug. 500/1 The chance of a small mixed bag, perhaps including some of the rarer wild fowl.
2002 Woodcock Scent in uk.rec.shooting.game (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. We had a mixed bag of woodcock and snipe during the day and widgeon during the evening flight.
b. A diverse or heterogeneous assortment of people or things. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture
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omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
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mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
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medley1618
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farragoa1637
consarcination1640
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olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
1919 F. M. Duncan Insect Pests iii. 48 It will be with quite a mixed ‘bag’ of foes that the enthusiastic hunter [sc. a gardener] will return.
1925 Econ. Jrnl. 35 617 It is a mixed bag: ephemeral narratives.., short essays [etc.].
1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger v. 46 This mixed bag began, not ill-naturedly, to re-arrange itself in the seating.
1989 Dirty Linen Spring 12/2 The musicians on this recording are a mixed bag of English and Indian players.
1994 Denver Post 8 Feb. a1/2 President Clinton's 1995 budget plan delivered a mixed bag of gains and pains to Colorado yesterday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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