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pick-and-mix

pick-and-mix noun: a large range of items (typically confectionary) from which a personal selection may be made.

Noun

pick-and-mix (uncountable)

  1. A large range of items (typically confectionary) from which a personal selection may be made
    • Madonna is in her fourth decade of what we now somewhat suspiciously call appropriation, a pick-and-mix skill set that has previously laid the singer open to accusations of unoriginality or, worse, cultural hijacking.2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian

Forms of pick-and-mix

alternative formpick 'n' mix

Questions about pick-and-mix

What does pick-and-mix mean?
Pick-and-mix means a large range of items (typically confectionary) from which a personal selection may be made.
What part of speech is pick-and-mix?
Pick-and-mix is a noun.

Words near pick-and-mix in the dictionary

  1. pick ups
  2. pick your poison
  3. pick'd
  4. pick'em
  5. Pick's disease
  6. pick-and-mix
  7. pick-and-pick
  8. pick-and-sort
  9. pick-at-will
  10. pick-axe
  11. pick-axes

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