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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1791
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¶HIG-RIG-MA-REEL, adv. phr. Higgledy-piggledy, confusedly.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 178:
Their theories run hig-rig-ma-reel Whan put in practice.
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