Complete Definition of "motley crew"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=motley crew

  1. A group of people of mixed background, especially one with a common goal.

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1830 John Carne - Recollections of Travels in the East: Forming a Continuation of the Letters from the East
:Away they marched from the rocky region and miserable village where they were posted, a motley crew of Christians and Infidels, Catholics, Greeks, and adorers of the Prophet, all mingled together, to go and attack the holy city . . .

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