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GALLIMAUFRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallimaufry mean? 

GALLIMAUFRY (noun)
  The noun GALLIMAUFRY has 1 sense:

1. a motley assortment of thingsplay

  Familiarity information: GALLIMAUFRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GALLIMAUFRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A motley assortment of things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

farrago; gallimaufry; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; melange; mingle-mangle; mishmash; oddments; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; ragbag

Hypernyms ("gallimaufry" is a kind of...):

assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)


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