HIGGLEDY­PIGGLEDY


Meaning of HIGGLEDY­PIGGLEDY in English

adv., adj., & n.

adv. & adj. in confusion or disorder.

n. a state of disordered confusion.

[ rhyming jingle, prob. with ref. to the irregular herding together of pigs ]

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