† ollapodn.
Obsolete.
= olla podrida n. 2.
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hotchpotc1405
hodge-podgec1426
omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
hotchpotch1549
mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
wilderness1594
brewage1599
motley1609
macaronic1611
medley1618
olla podridaa1635
farragoa1637
consarcination1640
porridge1642
olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia A iij This little Ollapod, made up of ‘Trifles light as air’.
1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 90 Fram'd the whole race of Ollapods to fret.
1869 Atlantic Monthly July 112/1 Meetings of the Ollapod Club, so called: a literary and social organization..of quick growth in intellectual and moral force.
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1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 157 His natural volubility, aided by..a plentiful sprinkling of Ollapodisms..pleased the men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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