salmagundi

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"Here is a fine mix-up--a regular salmagundi, Patem Onderdonk, and no question.

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  1. noun A salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions, often arranged in rows on lettuce and served with vinegar and oil.
  2. noun A mixture or assortment; a potpourri.

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  • I shall dress her a dish of salmagundi--I shall cook a hash--compound a stew--toss up an OMELETTE SOUFFLEE E LA FRANCAISE, and send it her with my respects. —  The Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 1
  • She was sitting opposite Sandman in a tavern on Piccadilly where, inspired by Sir George Phillips's dinner, they shared a bowl of salmagundi: a cold mixture of cooked meats, anchovies, hard boiled eggs and onions. —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • On his way out of Sir George's studio he had invited Sally to join him and they had run through the rain and taken shelter in the Three Ships where he had paid for the salmagundi and a big jug of ale with some of the money advanced to him by the Home Office. —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • I will even ask the mother to make for me a rare salmagundi which we lads, who were so rated by the Heer Governor, will ourselves give to him as our Thanksgiving offering, for the Heer Governor, so folk do say, doth rarely like the salmagundi Now the salmagundi was (to some palates) a most appetizing mixture, compounded of salted mackerel, or sometimes of chopped meat, seasoned with oil and vinegar, pepper and raw onions--not an altogether attractive dish to read of, but welcome to and dearly loved by many an old Knickerbocker even up to a recent date. —  Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
  • "Here is a fine mix-up--a regular salmagundi, Patem Onderdonk, and no question. —  Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French salmigondis, probably from : Old French salemine, salted food (from Vulgar Latin *salāmen; see salami) + Old French condir, to season (from Latin condīre; see condiment).

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  1. Also salmagundy, dial. salmon-gundy; from Old French salmigondin, salmiguondins, French salmigondis, orig. ‘seasoned salt meats’; prob. from Italian salame (plural salami), salt meat (from Latin sal, salt), + conditi, plural of condito, from Latin conditus, seasoned, savory, past participle of condire, pickle, preserve: see condiment, condite.
 

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