mulligan

mulligan
mulligan mulligan, mulligan stew mulligan stew . 1. A stew made typically of meat, vegetables, and any conveniently available ingredients; also, an Irish version of burgoo.

Syn: Irish burgoo. [WordNet 1.5]

2. (Golf) In informal and friendly games of golf, a permission to take another stroke without counting the previous stroke against the score, when a stroke was poorly played; a free stroke; as, to take a mulligan. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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