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Definition of hodgepodge noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hodgepodge

noun

/ˈhɒdʒpɒdʒ/

/ˈhɑːdʒpɑːdʒ/

(North American English)

(also hotchpotch especially in British English)

[singular] (informal)

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a number of things mixed together without any particular order or reason
Word Originlate Middle English: changed by association with Hodge, an archaic name for a typical English agricultural labourer.

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