单词	higgledy-piggledy
释义	higgledy-piggledyhig‧gle‧dy-pig‧gle‧dy /ˌhɪɡəldi ˈpɪɡəldi/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINhiggledy-piggledy Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from pig; because pigs gather closely together in groups Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another problem is that the chains in polyacetylene are not neatly ordered, but convoluted and higgledy-piggledy. He glanced at all the bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the furniture and walls. Ideally it should be laid in a fine carpet and not in higgledy-piggledy lumps that bream can break down to easy mouthfuls. She collected up the letters and stuffed them back, higgledy-piggledy, into their brown paper and cardboard nest. These had been thrown into the Muniment Room in the most higgledy-piggledy manner over at least two centuries. They lay about higgledy-piggledy but were obviously intended to be set up as practice jumps. things that are higgledy-piggledy are mixed together in an untidy way SYN  untidy—higgledy-piggledy adverb
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