n. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
n. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
n. Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Originally, an Italian dish consisting of chopped meat, eggs, anchovies, onions, oil, etc.
n. Hence A mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a hotchpotch; a miscellany.
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n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
n. cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
Word Usage
"Normally I am suspicious of domestic perfection, but with the holiday chaos and the unexpected visitors pouring in, it would have been nice not to have had to apologize for the snarled salmagundi of unfinished decorating."