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tapsalteerie

British  
/ ˈtæpsəlˈtiːrɪ /

adjective

  1. topsy-turvy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tapsalteerie

C17: of uncertain origin


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But gie me a cannie hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O; An' war'ly cares, an' war'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

An' warl'ly cares, an' warl'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

But gie me a canny hour at e’en, My arms about my dearie, O; An’ warly cares, an’ warly men, May a’ gae tapsalteerie, O. IV.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

"Things will go tapsalteerie, Allan, but let them; we will have a bite and a cup of kindness together."

From A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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