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

The fame of the former brought Sterne to London, where he became, says Walpole, "topsy-turvey with success."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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

To be sure, there had never been such a topsy-turvey christening party before; but all the guests enjoyed it thoroughly, and that cannot be said of all the parties to which the fairies are invited.

From All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories by Sharp, Evelyn

This is the true inwardness of the topsy-turvey humourist.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel