hurly-burly

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A noise, or tumult; bustle; confusion.--Nares's Glossary.


And to thintent the easier, to bleave his enemy's eyes with suspicion of fearfulness, he bade that they should remove with more noise and hurly-burly, than the custom of the Romans was to do.--Udal, Luke, ch. 21.

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