mulligan stew

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mulligan stew

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From Mulligan (“Irish surname”); compare Irish stew.

noun mulligan stews · Mulligan stew · mulligan-stew

countable, uncountable A stew made of whatever ingredients are handy and appropriate for stew, rather than of specific ingredients. He, who had eaten the leavings from firemen’s pails in round-houses and “scoffed” mulligan-stews at water-tanks, had learned thoroughly the worth of money.
Similar: hobo stew, Irish stew

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@misc{mulligan_stew_2026,
  title = {mulligan stew},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mulligan%20stew},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}