slum|gul|lion

slum|gul|lion
slum|gul|lion «sluhm GUHL yuhn». noun.
1. a stew of meat and vegetables, usually potatoes and onions.
2. Mining. the thick and sticky refuse of the sluice boxes, generally of red, iron-bearing clay and water.
3. Slang. a low, worthless fellow.
[perhaps < slum + gullion, alteration of cullion]

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