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Gallimaufry Gal Uh Maw Free Noun Hodgepodge Jumble.  Middle French Galimafree

Front gallimaufry \gal-uh-MAW-free\
Back noun
A hodgepodge; a jumble. 

[From Middle French galimafree (stew), probably from galer (to make merry) + mafrer (to gorge oneself).]

"I've got a gallimaufry of cosmetics bottles of various kinds." - Caroline Kamp; How Do I Look?; The Independent (London, UK); May 21, 2005. 

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