- a variation of catawampus.
cattywampus
Americanadjective
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In other words, rock’s first great bootleg may be its last great CD box set, which is fitting: “The Basement Tapes” is all about tearing things up and rebuilding them cattywampus.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2014
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