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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slum — slum·ber·er; slum·ber·ous; slum·bery; slum·dom; slum·gul·lion; slum·mage; slum·mock; slum·my; slum; slum·ber; slum·ber·ous·ly; slum·ber·ous·ness; slum·brous; slum·brous·ly; … English syllables
gul — cha·gul; gil·gul; gul; gul·den; gul·lah; gul·ler; gul·li·on; gul·mo·har; gul·pin; gul·sach; sin·gul·ti·ent; sin·gul·tus; slub·ber·de·gul·lion; slum·gul·lion; vo·gul; gul·let; gul·ly; han·gul; mo·gul; gul·ley; gul·li·bly; gul·mo·hur; … English syllables
slumgullion — slum·gul·lion … English syllables
slumgullion — slum•gul•lion [[t]slʌmˈgʌl yən, ˈslʌmˌgʌl [/t]] n. coo an unappetizing stew or hash • Etymology: 1840–50, amer.; cf. Scots, Hiberno E gullion quagmire … From formal English to slang
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium

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