Meanings
adjectivehodge-podgey (comparative hodge-podgier, superlative hodge-podgiest)
comparative hodge-podgier · superlative hodge-podgiest
- mixed up, jumbled
Ten years hence, when critics look back to acknowledge the American playwright of this hodge-podgey decade most likely to succeed O'Neill, Williams, and Albee in our 20th century dramatic heritage, one of the prime candidates will be John Guare.
1977 April 9, Don Shewey, “Guare's Rich and Famous”, in Gay Community News, page 11
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