Helter-skelter

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• helter-skelter

  In a hurry; without order; tumultuously.--Todd. Johnson. Sir John, I am thy Pistol, and thy friend;...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• helter-skelter

  Hurry and confusion. Defiance of good order. Privateerism. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• helter skelter

  To run helter skelter, hand over head, in defiance of order. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Skelter

  ·vi To run off helter-skelter; to <<Hurry>>; to <<Scurry>>; — with away or off. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language