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
Foster's own room was a cramped omnium gatherum, cluttered with the paraphernalia of daily living.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake
In their place was the unmistakable omnium gatherum of an accomplished knight of the road.
From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret
A crupper is always used, and straps are attached to the back of the saddle, from which the farmer hangs his sealskin bags, containing an omnium gatherum of his lighter goods.
From A Girl's Ride in Iceland by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Louie sat for a while, sucking at a lump of sugar she had swept that morning into the omnium gatherum of her pocket.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
