hurly-burly

hurly-burly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak. All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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