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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1712-1737, 1827
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†HODGE PODGE, n. Used as in Eng. = hotch-potch, but esp. to describe a thick broth made with plenty of vegetables.Sc. 1712 Atholl MSS. (June 16):
Hodge podge pearches sallet eeles collops.Per. 1737 Ochtertyre House Bk. (S.H.S.) 58:
Dinner hodge podge mutton in it joints.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 331:
I care little for soop — unless kail, or cocky-leeky . . . or hodge-podge, or potawto-broth.
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