† hivie-skivyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: = hurry-scurry, helter-skelter. (Or ? n.: see quot. 1646.)
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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.
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