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   higgledy-piggledy

   /ˌhɪɡ(ə)ldɪˈpɪɡ(ə)ldi/

   adverb

   • 1. in confusion or disorder: "bits of paper hung higgledy-piggledy on the furniture and walls"

   adjective

   • 1. involving confusion or disorder: "a higgledy-piggledy mountain of newspapers"

   Word Origin late 16th century: rhyming jingle, probably with reference to the irregular herding together of pigs.

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