noun
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a mixing of two or more things of heterogeneous nature.
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such a mixture.
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commingling of castes or races, as by an intermarriage.
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the offspring produced by crossing two individuals of unlike genetic constitution esp. the offspring of two animals or plants of different races, varieties, species, etc.; hybrid; cross-breed.
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things swept up, as dirt, particles, etc. swept from a floor; sweepings.
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bits and pieces of rubbish or a pile of them.
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(rhet.) a blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct.