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hurly-burly Definition


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hurly-burly
noun
    1. The noisy activity of crowds of people; confusion or uproar.
      Thesaurus: commotion, disorder, turmoil, upheaval, furore, hubbub.
Etymology: 16c: from hurling and burling, a rhyming compound based on hurling in its obsolete meaning ‘uproar'.



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