Topsy-turvey

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of topsy-turvy. alt-of, alternative

    "[...] Mrs. Sykes said, ‘her man was the wust she ever knowed when he got topsy-turveyed.’ And as now, he began to get topsy-turveyed pretty regularly before he had finished his daily business with the retiring host of the Holly Bush, there was not much peace at home."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of topsy-turvy. alt-of, alternative

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against the grainanarchicarsy varsyass backwardsbackwardbackwards

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"[...] Mrs. Sykes said, ‘her man was the wust she ever knowed when he got topsy-turveyed.’ And as now, he began to get topsy-turveyed pretty regularly before he had finished his daily business with the retiring host of the Holly Bush, there was not much peace at home."

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