Origin
Hotchpot literally meant “shake-pot” in Anglo-French. It is related to the word ‘hodgepodge’.
Quotes
The bringing together of shares or properties in order to divide them equally. She continued, “This is what I can give into the hotchpot.” I could not but note the quaint legal phrase which she used in such a place,
and with all seriousness? “What will each of you give?…”
— Bram Stoker, Dracula
