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Meanings of pot-pourri in English

A piece of music composed from parts of existing pieces played one after another.

Usage of pot-pourri in English
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Before we played the pot-pourri, we always bet on the individual countries.
Melnitz
2
I'll not eat Injun stew or sleep in a pot-pourri of nitchies.
Man-Size
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This week from TradeMe - a veritable pot-pourri of interesting and quirky auctions.
Radio NZ
4
And, Cecily, thank you ever so much for that little bag of pot-pourri.
The Golden Road
5
In country houses they ought to be charming-allchintzy and smelling of pot-pourri!
The Fortunes of the Farrells
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Perfumed breaths of flowers and pot-pourri ascended from the hall.
Marcella
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Faithful members are experiencing a predictable pot-pourri of emotions.
The Irish Times
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This army here is a pot-pourri, they say, of all the varied scoundrelisms of Europe!
Under Two Flags
9
I wish I could make pot-pourri like yours.
Lewis Rand
10
While pot-pourri springs to mind, it is also one of the most well-known essential oils in aromatherapy.
The Irish Times
11
Perhaps it came from the pot-pourri bowls.
England, My England
12
Then what varied scenery, what constant excitement at the landing, what a hodge-podge, a pot-pourri of merchandise!
The Redemption of David Corson
13
I made them an Andalusian pot-pourri!
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
14
The humorous spider mocked them from the window, the humorous stone fruit from the plate beside the pot-pourri bowl.
Queen Lucia
15
Then up the twenty-two stone stairs, and so into the carpeted room above, where was the scent of pot-pourri.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
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Others consorted most freely with the wall-fruit, or seemed made for pot-pourri to sweeten the old black mahogany furniture.
Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays
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