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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1770
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¶TOPSIE-HEAVIE, adv. In a top-heavy manner.Abd. c.1770 A. Ross in J. Paul Up Glenesk (1894) 156:
I could not think to quit the ground And topsie-heavie tumble down.
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