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hashmagandy

Residue remaining after organic material is processed, such as at an abattoir, used as fertiliser or by anglers as bait.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

Residue remaining after organic material is processed, such as at an abattoir, used as fertiliser or by anglers as bait.

The raw offal is first steam-digested under pressure to remove the tallow, and the residue, termed “hashmagandy,” is then dried in steam-heated revolving cylinders, after which it is elevated or transferred to a disintegrator,
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(Australia) A stew made from a variety of ingredients.

These fishermen procure from a boiling-down establishment, where diseased sheep, oxen, and horses are reduced to glue and other useful articles, the residuum, an awfully stinking substance called Hashmagandy,.
Origin: Corruption of salmagundi. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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"hashmagandy" means: A stew made from a variety of ingredients.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.

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"hashmagandy" means: A stew made from a variety of ingredients.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(Australia, military, slang) An insipid army dish.

nitrogen is contained in the nitrate form in nitrate of soda and nitrate of potash, in the ammoniacal form in sulphate of ammonia, and in the organic form in dried blood, bonedust, bones, and digester refuse (hashmagandy), and manures of…
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