A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive.
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.
Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
The aftermath of a train crash.
A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.