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hodgepodges

hodgepodges is the plural of hodgepodge.

hodgepodges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hodgepodge.

Meaning of hodgepodge

Noun

hodgepodge (countable and uncountable, plural hodgepodges)

  1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
    • His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
  2. A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
    • The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]1699, William Dampier, chapter I, in Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, part II (Mr. Dampier’s Voyages to the Bay of Campeachy), page 38

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Questions about hodgepodges

What is hodgepodges the plural of?
Hodgepodges is the plural of hodgepodge.

Words near hodgepodges in the dictionary

  1. Hodgenville
  2. Hodgeon
  3. hodgepodge
  4. hodgepodged
  5. hodgepodgery
  6. hodgepodges
  7. hodgepodging
  8. hodges
  9. Hodges number
  10. Hodges numbers
  11. Hodgeses

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