topsy versyadv.
colloquial.
= topsy-turvy adv.
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arsy-versy1545
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1767 D. Garrick Peep behind Curtain 9 Damn all these new vagaries, that put us all upon our heads topsy versy.
1911 J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy 46 Joe, and Si, and Nick, and Percy I rolled together topsy versy.
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