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English Dictionary: higgledy-piggledy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
higgledy-piggledy
adv
  1. in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy- piggledy"
    Synonym(s): higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy
adj
  1. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Higgledy-piggledy \Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy\, adv.
      In confusion; topsy-turvy. [Colloq.] --Johnson.
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