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mingle-mangle

noun

Etymology

Reduplicated from mingle.

Definitions

  1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

    • Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross.

  2. To mix in a disorderly way

    To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.

    • So ſhould vve Preachers be true men, Preachers of God's vvay, truly, truly, vvithout regard of perſon; that is, for man's pleaſure corrupting the vvord, or mingle-mangle the vvord vvith man's inven tion and traditions.

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