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hurlyburlies

hurlyburlies is the plural of hurlyburly.

Meaning of hurlyburly

Noun

hurlyburly (countable and uncountable, plural hurlyburlies)

  1. (idiomatic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
    • ...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.1550, Steuen Mierdman, The market or fayre of usurers

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Questions about hurlyburlies

What is hurlyburlies the plural of?
Hurlyburlies is the plural of hurlyburly.

Words near hurlyburlies in the dictionary

  1. hurly-burlies
  2. hurly-burly
  3. hurly-burlying
  4. hurly-hacket
  5. hurly-hackets
  6. hurlyburlies
  7. hurlyburly
  8. Hurmuz
  9. Hurn
  10. Hurnard
  11. Hurns

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