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

To-morrow—his birthday, and the day when everything was turned topsy-turvey, and the children and Chaos reigned supreme.

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.

"Well, it turns everything topsy-turvey," growled the castle steward.

From The Northern Light by Werner, E.

He would be found, she was confident, not to have gone through the looking-glass into the world of topsy-turvey that all the rest of them seemed to be inhabiting, these days.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell