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(idiomatic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle..
...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.
1. When ſhall we three meet againe? / In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? / 2. When the Hurly-burley's done, / When the Battaile's loſt, and wonne.
Why is it that civilized humanity / Can make the world so wrong? / In this hurly-burly of insanity / Our dreams cannot last long
"I understand the circus that it is," Springer says of the hurly-burly mob scene that often overtakes his show.
Use hurly burly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hurly burly means (idiomatic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle..
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...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.
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