topsy-turvydom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of topsy-turvydom
First recorded in 1875–80; topsy-turvy + -dom
Example Sentences
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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
Last week the American College of Allergists met in Chicago to hear the latest reports from topsy-turvydom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The brilliant services he performed there, in the protection of British and American subjects, are here chiefly interesting as throwing a backward light on the unearthly topsy-turvydom of Turkish rule.
From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
But this new spiritual dread was a more awful thing than had been the mere spiritual topsy-turvydom symbolised by the paralytic who pursued him.
From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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