omnium gatherum

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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

Mrs. Lincoln's 'Boston Cook-Book' is no mere amateur compilation, much less an omnium gatherum of receipts.

From Carving and Serving by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey

She tossed up her little head in conversation with me, and gave me to understand that this party was only an omnium gatherum, not one of the select parties, from which Heaven defend us.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

My dear Stephen, I am very glad you like to have my omnium gatherum, and think the better of it for gaining me such a pleasant letter of acknowledgment.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

I am bringing out a heavy memoir on elephants—an omnium gatherum affair, with observations on the fossil and recent species.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir