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higgledy-piggledy


  • s  in utter disorder
  • r  in a disordered manner
    they were piled up higgledy-piggledy

  • Like their less ambitious party colleagues, the busy Republican presidential hopefuls, after several weeks of higgledy-piggledy campaigning, final ly seemed to be zeroing in on .
  • For many years we have all known that the executive and administrative departments are a higgledy-piggledy patchwork of duplicate responsibilities and overlapping powers.
  • In a higgledy-piggledy complex of tired-looking trailers parked alongside grain silos and stock pens, four white-coated scientists are investigating crimes with the tools of 21st .
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  • Sir Alex Ferguson in Times Online
    We are a bit higgledy-piggledy in terms of team selection but for the first time, we have enough forward power to improve our chances of scoring,Ferguson, who also has Louis Saha available, said.
  • Tim Booth in Telegraph.co.uk
    Pc Tim Booth, a crime prevention officer for Lincolnshire Police, said: "When you consider the quantities that have been taken, it's all very odd. If you went to a catering event such as a wedding and the tables were higgledy-piggledy and of...

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