"horse and rabbit stew" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-horse and rabbit stew.ogg [Australia] Forms: horse and rabbit stews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} horse and rabbit stew (usually uncountable, plural horse and rabbit stews)
  1. (idiomatic) A mixture of the crude and the delicate in grossly unequal quantities, with the crude overwhelmingly dominant. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-horse_and_rabbit_stew-en-noun-gUWoo0KW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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