topsy-turvey
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So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o’clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
"It's odd doings for Oaklands having yon crowd come with their baskets," he said, grimly; "the young miss be like to turn things topsy-turvey."
From Medoline Selwyn's Work by Colter, Hattie E.
Then for run-away, topsy-turvey wit I think I would back "The Story of the Tin Heart" and "The Camel who never got Started," against most stories I know.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891 by Various
The man, Lilly was told, was the landlord of the house, a well-to-do baker, who had been invited to the carnival as a reward for good-naturedly having permitted his fourth floor to be turned topsy-turvey.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
His existence was overwhelmed by this event; it was turned topsy-turvey, and it never regained its equilibrium.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund
