S: (n) chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness (a state of extreme confusion and disorder). From Wordnik.com. [Addicted To Quack] Reference
When all outside was confusion and topsy-turvyness she could retire among Margot's cartons, and find herself on solid ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Dust Flower] Reference
But for this topsy-turvyness, this folly, this immorality, we must not blame love, but those who persistently thwarted love -- or tried to thwart it. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
"Barring a certain little topsy-turvyness which is something out of the ordinary, I'd call that a charming bit of -- Great guns and little cannon-balls!". From Wordnik.com. [The Lost City] Reference
This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Men and Ghosts] Reference
The ward master comes to the door of each room that is to be thinned, reads off a list of names, bids their owners look sharp and be ready when called for; and, as he vanishes, the rooms fall into an indescribable state of topsy-turvyness, as the boys begin to black their boots, brighten spurs, if they have them, overhaul knapsacks, make presents; are fitted out with needfuls, and – well, why not?. From Wordnik.com. [Hospital Sketches] Reference
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