Both Uses of
mêlée
in
Catch-22
- He emerged from the melee with the scruff of a neck in each hand — Hungry Joe's neck and the cat's.†
Chpt 12 *
- He lost patience entirely with the whole grotesque and incomprehensible melee.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(mêlée) a disorganized mass of people -- especially engaged in hand-to-hand combat, or rioting, or all going different directions and bumping into each other