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hurly-burly

Noun

Meaning

Tumult; bustle; confusion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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As his life and death suggest, Cicero was addicted to Roman politics; he wrote beautifully about the pleasures of a quiet life in the countryside, but hankered for the hurly-burly of the Senate and the courts. His political theory is reflective but far from dispassionate. Alan Ryan

The deep, deep peace of the double-bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue. Patrick Campbell

they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused Source: Internet

Hurly-Burly 2 (2009) and on the life and work of James Joyce with Jacques Aubert. Source: Internet

In the hurly-burly of producing a newspaper column, sometimes I forget that it’s OK to pause for a day, sift through your responses, present the best here and in doing so, employ fun phrases like “hurly-burly.” Source: Internet

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