slumgullion background

slumgullion

/ˌslʌmˈɡʌliən/

Illustration slumgullion - Image 1

noun

Eintopf, Fleisch-Gemüse-Eintopf

A stew of meat and vegetables.

Examples :

"After a long day of camping, the hikers were grateful for the hearty slumgullion that warmed them up. "

Nach einem langen Tag beim Camping waren die Wanderer dankbar für den deftigen Eintopf, der sie aufwärmte.

Illustration slumgullion - Image 1

noun

Dünner Kaffee, dünner Tee

A beverage made watery, such as weak coffee or tea.

Examples :

"My grandmother always makes slumgullion with the leftover coffee grounds, so it's really weak and watery. "

Meine Großmutter macht immer dünnen Kaffee aus den Kaffeeresten, daher ist er sehr dünn und wässrig.

Illustration slumgullion - Image 1

noun

Rötlicher, schlammiger Bodensatz in Bergbauschleusen

A reddish muddy deposit in mining sluices.

Examples :

"After a long day of washing gravel, the mining sluice was filled with a thick, reddish slumgullion. "

Nach einem langen Tag des Waschens von Kies war die Bergbauschleuse mit einem dicken, rötlichen Bodensatz gefüllt.

geology material substance technical

Illustration slumgullion - Image 1

noun

Durcheinander, Mischmasch

A mixture of unrelated things, a jumble or hodgepodge.

Examples :

"The lost and found box at school was a slumgullion of mismatched socks, forgotten lunchboxes, and stray toys. "

Die Fundsachenkiste in der Schule war ein Durcheinander aus unpassenden Socken, vergessenen Brotdosen und herumliegendem Spielzeug.

thing word language

Illustration slumgullion - Image 1

noun

Ein Begriff aus der Walfangsprache, ähnlich dem 'Gurry' der Grönlandwalfänger, eine dunkle, klebrige Substanz.

A sperm whaleman's term, roughly equivalent to the right whaleman's "gurry" which, according to Herman Melville, "designates the dark, glutinous substance which is scraped off the back of the Greenland or Right Whale, and much of which covers the decks of those inferior souls who hunt that ignoble Leviathan."(Melville 323) Derivation for this term likely originates with the word "slobgollion" which is, according to Melville's Moby Dick, "an appellation original with the whaleman, and even so is the nature of the substance. It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a prolonged squeezing, and subsequent decanting. I hold it to be the wondrously thin, ruptured Membranes of the case, coalescing." (Melville 323)

Examples :

"After a long day of processing whale blubber, the deckhands were covered in slumgullion. "

Nach einem langen Tag der Verarbeitung von Waltran waren die Decksarbeiter mit Slumgullion bedeckt.

nautical substance sailing literature word ocean animal