† hivie-skivy, ? adv. Obs. rare—1.
? = Hurry-scurry, helter-skelter. (Or ? n.: see quot.)
| 1646 Butcher Surv. Stamford x. (1717) 76–7 The bull is turned out of the alderman's house; and then hivie-skivy, tag and rag, men, women, and children..with all the dogs in the town, promiscuously running after him with their bull-clubs. |