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Higgledy-piggledy   Listen
Higgledy-piggledy

adjective
1.
In utter disorder.  Synonyms: disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy.






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"Higgledy-piggledy" Quotes from Famous Books



... console-table and cabinet, on the settee at the back, on the round table, and upon the floor, stand huge baskets of flowers, and other handsome floral devices in various forms, with cards attached to them; and lying higgledy-piggledy upon the writing-table are a heap of small packages, several little cases containing jewellery, and a litter of paper and string. The packages and the cases of jewellery are also ...
— The 'Mind the Paint' Girl - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur Pinero

... feeling in the bag with her head on one side and her eye in the air. 'Look here!' taking something out. 'Scraps of the Russian Prince's nails. Prince Alphabet turned topsy-turvy, I call him, for his name's got all the letters in it, higgledy-piggledy.' ...
— David Copperfield • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Higgledy-piggledy" :   hugger-mugger, topsy-turvy, disorderly, untidy



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