| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOTCH-POTCH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1612. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A mixed mass; a medley of ingredients. [See Hotchpot.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Literature | 1: "A sort of soup, or broth, or brew, 2: Hotch-potch A confused mixture or jumble; a thick broth containing meat and vegetables. 3: Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes." 4: Thackeray: Ballad of Bouillabaisse, stanza 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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