What is "mingle-mangle"

Mingle-mangle \Min"gle-man`gle\, v. t. [Reduplicated fr. mingle.] To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. [Obs.]
--Udall.

Mingle-mangle \Min"gle-man`gle\, n. A hotchpotch. [Obs.]
--Latimer.

n. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. vb. To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.

n. a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, mishmash, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum]