Example Sentences

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The story fills a dozen pages of the book; but the social injustice of the whole world is hinted in that space; the upside-downness of creation, right prostrate, wrong triumphant,—a mad, crazy world.

From Men, Women, and Boats by Crane, Stephen

They can move the under bill a little, too, but not to amount to anything; so you see there was even more to the upside-downness of that bill than there seemed to be at first.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hawksworth, Hallam

Make her pay you a dollar for the dozen, and don’t let her deduct more than a dollar for the upside-downness of the sleeves.

From Patty's Success by Wells, Carolyn