slumgullion

slumgullion
[“slam”galjan] n. a meat stew; any food.
What is this slumgullion tonight? It looks like what we had last night, only thinner.
This is the best slumgullion I’ve ever had—which puts it right up there with dishwater.

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  • slumgullion — noun Etymology: perhaps from slum slime + English dialect gullion mud, cesspool Date: 1902 a meat stew …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • slumgullion — /slum gul yeuhn, slum gul /, n. 1. a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. 2. a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like. 3. the refuse from processing whale carcasses. 4. a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices. [1840 …   Universalium

  • slumgullion — n. (Canadian and American Slang) watery stew …   English contemporary dictionary

  • slumgullion — [slʌm gʌljən] noun US informal cheap or insubstantial stew. Origin C19: prob. an invented word …   English new terms dictionary

  • slumgullion — slum·gul·lion …   English syllables

  • slumgullion — slum•gul•lion [[t]slʌmˈgʌl yən, ˈslʌmˌgʌl [/t]] n. coo an unappetizing stew or hash • Etymology: 1840–50, amer.; cf. Scots, Hiberno E gullion quagmire …   From formal English to slang

  • slumgullion —   n. meat and vegetable stew; watery soup or drink; offal …   Dictionary of difficult words

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