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Meanings of motley assortment in English

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Usage of motley assortment in English
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What hobby could the following motley assortment of individuals possibly have in common?
The Irish Times
2
Presently the policemen returned from the Cowgate with a motley assortment of pallbearers.
Greyfriars Bobby
3
This motley assortment isn't all that different from last year's, with some exceptions.
Wired
4
The population is a motley assortment of races, nationalities and creeds.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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Cass looked around at the motley assortment of equipment and furniture and grinned.
The maverick
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He extracted his hand, rummaged through his motley assortment of tools and found a hacksaw blade.
Time After Time
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She nodded and stared at the motley assortment.
Ape House
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There were soldiers spread everywhere, dressed in unmatched uniforms and carrying a motley assortment of small arms.
Stars rain down
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These little shops, which display at regular intervals their motley assortment of wares, fill me with delight.
Marguerite
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They were a motley assortment.
Brisingr
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As a party it is a motley assortment of ambitious politicians, whose positions will come under more, not less, scrutiny.
The Guardian
12
As a local schoolgirl disappears, visions of a girl's abduction as well as a motley assortment of apparitions plague her.
The Irish Times
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It was a motley assortment, but most of them seemed to be intelligent and interesting, and some were very lively.
Journey
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And conveying this motley assortment of human beings, the cars dashed along, none of their inmates heeding each other, or perhaps Him
The Englishwoman in America
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Following them was another boat containing a motley assortment of Arabs and part-Arabs, who might, or might not be associated with them.
The Ivory Trail
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Cumming will play Glitch -one of a motley assortment of colorful characters trapped in the Outer Zone (the O.Z.)
Reuters
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