higgledy-piggledy
in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
confused; jumbled.
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How to use higgledy-piggledy in a sentence
The cargo of marble blocks, piled higgledy-piggledy like a child's building-bricks, formed a thorough citadel.
The Tremendous Event | Maurice LeblancThey walked along in silence, the most ill-sorted pair that you might hope to find in all that higgledy-piggledy city.
Cheerful--By Request | Edna FerberSeveral names may be set in higgledy-piggledy fashion, for they belong to no class, and are sui generis.
Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature | Charles W. BardsleyThe contents of a hundred Primers rose higgledy-piggledy, to congest his mind and memory.
The Promise of Air | Algernon BlackwoodShe plumped into it higgledy-piggledy and curled up, an unsightly, humpful excrescence upon its suave surface.
Wanted: A Husband | Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for higgledy-piggledy
/ (ˈhɪɡəldɪˈpɪɡəldɪ) informal /
in a jumble
a muddle
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