Definition of Mulligan

1. Noun. Irish version of burgoo.

Exact synonyms: Irish Burgoo, Mulligan Stew
Generic synonyms: Stew

Definition of Mulligan

1. Noun. Mulligan stew. ¹

2. Noun. (golf) An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry. ¹

3. Noun. A second chance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mulligan

1. a stew of various meats and vegetables [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulligan

mullerian adenosarcoma
mullerian inhibiting factor
mullerian inhibiting substance
mullerian regression factor
mullering
mullers
mullet
mulleted
mulletheaded
mulletlike
mullets
mulley
mulleys
mulligan (current term)
mulligan stew
mulligan stews
mulligans
mulligatawnies
mulligatawny
mulligrubs
mulling
mullingong
mulliod
mullioned
mullioning
mullions
mullite

Literary usage of Mulligan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Let's go up stairs, mulligan," says I, and led the noble Irishman to tho upper ... says mulligan, " don't floy at the approach of the humblest of your ..."

2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"I never said you weren't, mulligan," says I. " Ye don't mean seriously that a mulligan is not fit company for a Perkins ? " " My dear fellow, how could you ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"mulligan refused. Elaine implored mulligan to think of his six children and ... mulligan still refused. Elaine then asked permission to read them which was ..."

4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: in twenty-four volumes. by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"The mulligan.—Well, that rhymes with jerkins, my man of firkins ... At this, with a scream like that of a Hyrcanian tiger, mulligan of the hundred battles ..."

5. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE FAMOUS mulligan BALL BY FRANK L. STANTON Did ever you hear of the mulligan ball—the mulligan ball so fine, Where we formed in ranks, and danced on ..."

6. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"If Billy mulligan lets his friend Cora escape, hang Billy mulligan or drive him into banishment." On November 22, it again returned to the subject under the ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas for the by Charles Patrick Daly (1872)
"mulligan v. Baring. SOPHIE mulligan v. HENRY BARING, AND ABNER H. DATIS, EXECUTORS, &c. A court of equity will not interfere in a case where an act en pah ..."

8. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Let's go up stairs, mulligan," says I, and led the noble Irishman to tho upper ... says mulligan, " don't floy at the approach of the humblest of your ..."

9. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"I never said you weren't, mulligan," says I. " Ye don't mean seriously that a mulligan is not fit company for a Perkins ? " " My dear fellow, how could you ..."

10. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"mulligan refused. Elaine implored mulligan to think of his six children and ... mulligan still refused. Elaine then asked permission to read them which was ..."

11. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: in twenty-four volumes. by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"The mulligan.—Well, that rhymes with jerkins, my man of firkins ... At this, with a scream like that of a Hyrcanian tiger, mulligan of the hundred battles ..."

12. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE FAMOUS mulligan BALL BY FRANK L. STANTON Did ever you hear of the mulligan ball—the mulligan ball so fine, Where we formed in ranks, and danced on ..."

13. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"If Billy mulligan lets his friend Cora escape, hang Billy mulligan or drive him into banishment." On November 22, it again returned to the subject under the ..."

14. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas for the by Charles Patrick Daly (1872)
"mulligan v. Baring. SOPHIE mulligan v. HENRY BARING, AND ABNER H. DATIS, EXECUTORS, &c. A court of equity will not interfere in a case where an act en pah ..."

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