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Definition of Gallimaufries
1. gallimaufry [n] - See also: gallimaufry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallimaufries
Literary usage of Gallimaufries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"Nicolini and he sang their music to the Italian words, while the rest of the
company sang in. English, as was not unusual in the gallimaufries* of the time. ..."
2. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... they all, from Godwin and Mrs. Radcliffe to Miss Reeves and the Misses Lee,
made the merest gallimaufries of inaccurate history, questionable fiction, ..."
3. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"Amongst the many gallimaufries in The Lark was an essay consisting of six paragraphs
each of which could be used in combination with any other, haphazard, ..."
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