or salmon-gundy, subs. (old).—1. See quot. Hence (2) = a cook.
1748. SMOLLETT, Roderick Random, xxvi. Ordering the boy to bring a piece of salt beef from the brine, cut off a slice, and mixed it with an equal quantity of onions, which seasoning with a moderate proportion of pepper and salt, he brought it into a consistence with oil and vinegar. Then tasting the dish, assured us, it was the best salmagundy that he had ever made.
