huddledadj.
/ˈhʌd(ə)ld/ Crowded together without order; all in a heap.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > crowded together > crowded together in disorderly way
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1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 60 The extreme shift of a huddl'd exposition.
1683 T. Hoy Agathocles 6 A numerous huddled Concourse fill'd the place.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋11 That huddled Oeconomy of Dress which passes under the general Name of a Mob.
1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 141 The streets..are very narrow, and the houses mean, low, and huddled.
1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 8 The huddled stones of grave and tomb: Some old God's-acre.
1888 T. Watts in Athenæum 18 Aug. 225/2 He drives the wing—a huddled throng—Back on the centre ships, that steer for flight.
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