单词 | mixum-gatherum |
释义 | mixum-gatherumn. colloquial. A miscellaneous or confused collection of persons or things; a hotchpotch, a muddle. Cf. omnium gatherum n. ΚΠ 1833 J. Banim & M. Banim in Dublin Penny Jrnl. 14 Dec. 190/1 His tongue betokened that he came from the Black North, where they don't speak either English, or Irish, or Scotch, but a kind of mixtrum gatherum of their own. 1876 R. Broughton Joan III. v. 151 When I used to ask them to my mixum-gatherum parties, and think myself very condescending for shaking hands. 1909 M. Kelly Rosnah xvi. 119 ‘'Twas a mix-um gather-um, me dear’, he answered. 1930 New Statesman 19 July 472/2 If all the experts..were to be struck..with paralysis, we should have the plague within three days, and general mixum-gatherum afterwards. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 75/2 The Ottomans, with their mixum-gatherum of an empire. 1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding iv. 81 The place was a mixem gatherem, a bit like those Lucksters' shops you didn't go into years ago..in case things mightn't be quite..well, fresh. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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