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a hodge-podge; a jumble of things; a mixture of multiple things
1652The Anatomy of MelancholyThe event of this is common to be seen in populous cities, or in princes' courts, for a courtier's life (as Budaeus describes it) 'is a gallimaufry of ambition, lust, fraud, imposture, dissimulation, detraction, envy, pride; the court, a common conventicle of flatterers, time-servers, politicians,' &c.; or as Anthony Perez will, 'the suburbs of hell itself.'1923Yet AgainA tarnished French mirror, a strip of faded carpet, some rows of battered, tattered books, a few cups and saucers that had erst been riveted and erst been dusted—all these, in a gallimaufry of other languid odds and ends, seen through this mud-splashed window, silently echoed the silent misery of the horse.1998The Poisonwood Bible...I am a lame gallimaufry and she remains perfect.Labels: Barbara Kingsolver, Max Beerbohm, Robert Burton
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