omnium gatherum
Example Sentences
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The result is a swampy omnium gatherum of a book, a disjointed, inchoate and intriguing recital for the negotiation of which the reader desperately needs a map.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that 'Helping Hands Society' of his is a curious omnium gatherum affair.
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule
A very omnium gatherum that school was, and the ways of it were as rough as in any school.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
In their place was the unmistakable omnium gatherum of an accomplished knight of the road.
From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret
After meeting her at a great omnium gatherum garden party, the acquaintance flourished.
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
