topsy-turvey

Example Sentences

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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

Boston is topsy-turvey; Holmes was a prophet; and 'Brattle Street and Temple Place are interchanging cards!'

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

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

"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.

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

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel