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higly-pigly
higly-pigly, adv. = higgledy-piggledy.1664 Homer à la Mode (N.), Just as neighbors higly piglie, Let their beasts graze, but then can quicklie..Spy 'em from ev'ry one's i'th town. 1675 F. Rous' Archæol. Atticæ vi. ii. ii. (ed. 8) 274 They sit higly pigly, and every one takes where he likes. Oxford English Dictionary
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higgledy-piggledy
higgledy-piggledy, adv., n., and a. (ˈhɪg(ə)ldɪˈpɪg(ə)ldɪ) Forms: 6–8 higle- -pigle-, 7– higgle- -piggle-, hickle- -pickle-; 6 -di, -die, 6–7 -de, -tee, 7– -dy, 8 -te, 9 -ty. [A riming compound of obscure origin. Mainly an example of ‘vocal gesture’, the odd conformation of the word answering to the... Oxford English Dictionary
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