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slumgullion
[ sluhm-guhl-yuhn, sluhm-guhl- ]
noun
- a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
- the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
- a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices.
slumgullion
/ sl蕦m藞伞蕦lj蓹n; 藞sl蕦m藢伞蕦l- /
noun
- slang.an inexpensive stew
- offal, esp the refuse from whale blubber
- a reddish mud deposited in mine sluices
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of slumgullion1
1840鈥50, Americanism; compare Scots, Hiberno-English gullion quagmire, cesspool
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of slumgullion1
C19: from slum in US sense slime + gullion, perhaps variant of cullion testicles
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She even asked, actually asked, to be shown how to make 鈥渟lumgullion鈥濃攕he who a few months before had scornfully maintained that cooking was for servants and not for ladies.
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"I like Samson, I do, the poor old good-for-nothing lump of slumgullion."
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Then they handed us a mess which some of us called 'slumgullion,' composed of diseased beef.
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鈥淚 would have dreamed about turkey dinners and slumgullion and fudge,鈥 said Slim, spearing his fourth potato.
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With a mocking gurgle, about a dram of 鈥渟lumgullion鈥 passed into his mouth.
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