topsy-turvydom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of topsy-turvydom
First recorded in 1875–80; topsy-turvy + -dom
Example Sentences
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Last week the American College of Allergists met in Chicago to hear the latest reports from topsy-turvydom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sullivan, for all the delirious ridiculousness inherent in his music, had long been chafing at Gilbert's contagiously ridiculous topsy-turvydom.
From Time Magazine Archive
He himself was fonder of his serious comedies than of his triumphant excursions into topsy-turvydom.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was necessary, Miss Tredgold assured the girls, to have topsy-turvydom before the reign of order could begin.
From Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade
Everybody says it is all topsy-turvydom now in the capital, and that the most extraordinary reports are coming in from the provinces.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
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