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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1559-1595
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Mingle-mangle, n. [e.m.E. (1549).] A confused mixture, hotch-potch. — 1559 Knox VI. 83.
We ought not to justifie with our presence such a mingle mangle as now is commaunded in your kirks 1595 Duncan App. Etym. s.v. Cento.
Wark made of sundrie fragments of verses, a mingle mangle
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