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 so affable of you, and I can only express my regrets that you should have happened to have chosen a day when you see we are all topsy-turvey.

From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin

To be sure, there had never been such a topsy-turvey christening party before; but all the guests enjoyed it thoroughly, and that cannot be said of all the parties to which the fairies are invited.

From All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories by Sharp, Evelyn

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

Their ideas are so topsy-turvey that they regard with contempt those who are engaged in useful work!

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert