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higgledypiggledy

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hig⋅gle⋅dy-pig⋅gle⋅dy

[hig-uhl-dee-pig-uhl-dee]
–adverb
1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
–adjective
2. confused; jumbled.

Origin:
1590–1600; rhyming compound of uncert. orig.
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higgledy-piggledy 
1598, probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder.
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