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

And from the lips of another lady whose face she knew, she heard after she had passed, "Don't you think it's rather an omnium gatherum?"

From The Path of a Star by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

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

Besides the list in Bohn’s Lowndes, which is somewhat of an omnium gatherum, three lists drawn with more or less care were compiled in the 19th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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.