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ˈupside ˈdownward(s, adv.
[f. prec. + -ward, -wards.]
= prec. A.
1611Cotgr., Enverser,..to turne vpside-downeward, or the inside outward. Ibid. s.vv. Reboursé, Revers. 1672J. Blakeston Lazarillo ii. xiii. T 4 b, She made the peeces of my Cloak to be stiched one to another, and for very hast they put them upside downwards. 1781C. Johnston Hist. J. Juniper II. 131 On his arrival he found the town turned, as we say, upside downwards. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. i, As he tossed, with a careless hand, the great horn upside downwards. 1845― Sybil ii. ix, I think the world is turned upside downwards in these parts. |