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higgledy-piggledy
[ hig-uhl-dee-pig-uhl-dee ]
adverb
- in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
adjective
- confused; jumbled.
higgledy-piggledy
/ ˈhɪɡəldɪˈpɪɡəldɪ /
adjective
- in a jumble
noun
- a muddle
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The cargo of marble blocks, piled higgledy-piggledy like a child's building-bricks, formed a thorough citadel.
They walked along in silence, the most ill-sorted pair that you might hope to find in all that higgledy-piggledy city.
Several names may be set in higgledy-piggledy fashion, for they belong to no class, and are sui generis.
The contents of a hundred Primers rose higgledy-piggledy, to congest his mind and memory.
She plumped into it higgledy-piggledy and curled up, an unsightly, humpful excrescence upon its suave surface.
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