topsy-turvey
Example Sentences
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So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o’clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
It is only consistent with the topsy-turvey state of things at present existing, that a king and those who are defrauding him of his revenues should spend the night together.
From Long Live the King by Boothby, Guy
This is the true inwardness of the topsy-turvey humourist.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
He would be found, she was confident, not to have gone through the looking-glass into the world of topsy-turvey that all the rest of them seemed to be inhabiting, these days.
From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell
To-morrow—his birthday, and the day when everything was turned topsy-turvey, and the children and Chaos reigned supreme.
From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.
