单词 | hivie-skivy |
释义 | † hivie-skivyadv. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: = hurry-scurry, helter-skelter. (Or ? n.: see quot. 1646.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently > with disorderly haste rifty tufty1592 hivie-skivy1646 skimper-scamper1778 1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford x. 39 The Bull is turned out of the Aldermans house, and then hivie-skivie, tag and rag, Men, Women and children..with all the Dogs in the Town promiscuously running after him with their Bull-clubs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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