mulligan stew
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- noun
- /ˈmʌlɪɡən stu/
- US
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estofado mulligan
- After rummaging through the pantry, she decided to prepare a delicious mulligan stew using beans and potatoes.
Examples
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On cold nights, we often make a hearty mulligan stew with whatever leftover vegetables we have.
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Well, this, uh, mulligan stew is fantastic.
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It was a sort of a mulligan stew.
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His favorite dish is mulligan stew, which he cooks using a mix of meats and seasonal vegetables.
Synonyms
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A dish of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid
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A rich stew of meat and vegetables cooked slowly to blend flavors
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A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past
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A thick Irish stew with meat and vegetables
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A thin, plain stew made from leftover meat and vegetables
A thick soup with meat and vegetables
How Hearty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is directly compositional: 'mulligan' denotes a mixed-leftover stew and 'stew' names the dish, so the compound simply labels that kind of improvised, mixed stew. Given that structure and cross-linguistic parallels for 'leftover/mixed' stews, a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would be able to infer the meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Mulligan stew comes from the image of travelers who pooled scraps of meat and vegetables into one large pot to make a simple meal. One popular story says a man called Mulligan led the cooking, so this mixed stew took his name and now means 'a stew made from whatever is available'.