Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hashmagandy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hash-ma-gandy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stew made from a variety of ingredients.

Australian usage; Uncountable

noun

An insipid army dish.

Australian usage; Slang; Uncountable

noun

Residue remaining after organic material is processed, such as at an abattoir, used as fertiliser or by anglers as bait.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These fishermen procure from a boiling-down establishment, where diseased sheep, oxen, and horses are reduced to glue and other useful articles, the residuum, an awfully stinking substance called Hashmagandy,[…]."
"[…]nitrogen is contained in the nitrate form in nitrate of soda and nitrate of potash, in the ammoniacal form in sulphate of ammonia, and in the organic form in dried blood, bonedust, bones, and digester refuse (hashmagandy), and manures of a similar class."
"The raw offal is first steam-digested under pressure to remove the tallow, and the residue, termed “hashmagandy,” is then dried in steam-heated revolving cylinders, after which it is elevated or transferred to a disintegrator,[…]"

Etymology

Corruption of salmagundi.

Usage

Questions

What does hashmagandy mean?: A stew made from a variety of ingredients.
Where does hashmagandy come from?: Corruption of salmagundi.

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