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noun

hodgepodge

a motley assortment of things

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Six example sentences with hodgepodge, each labelled with its topic.

  • The extension is a hodgepodge of brick, glass and corrugated iron, added by four owners across sixty years.

    Architecture

  • Surf guitar, brass and a spoken word piece about parking meters made the band's set a cheerful hodgepodge.

    Music

  • State rules on scooters are a hodgepodge, so a rider legal in one county risks a fine across the line.

    Law

  • Friday dinner is a hodgepodge of the week's leftovers: rice, half a roast chicken, and whatever vegetables survived.

    Cooking

  • The codebase is a hodgepodge of three languages and two frameworks, stitched together by engineers who have all since left.

    Technology

  • The market is a hodgepodge of spice stalls, phone repair booths, and a barber working under a beach umbrella.

    Travel

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