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slumgullion

/ˌslʌmˈɡʌliən/

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noun

Guiso de carne y verduras

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. "

Después de un largo día de acampada, los excursionistas agradecieron el abundante guiso de carne y verduras que los calentó.

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noun

Bebida aguada, café o té aguado

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. "

Mi abuela siempre hace café aguado con los restos de café, por lo que es muy débil y acuoso.

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noun

Depósito lodoso rojizo en canales de minería

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. "

Después de un largo día de lavado de grava, el canal de minería se llenó de un depósito lodoso rojizo y espeso.

geology material substance technical

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noun

Mezcla, revoltijo

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. "

La caja de objetos perdidos de la escuela era un revoltijo de calcetines desparejados, loncheras olvidadas y juguetes extraviados.

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noun

Término de ballenero, similar a 'gurry', una sustancia oscura y glutinosa.

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. "

Después de un largo día procesando grasa de ballena, los marineros estaban cubiertos de slumgullion.

nautical substance sailing literature word ocean animal