hurly-burly

See also: hurlyburly

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Noun

hurly-burly

1. Alternative spelling of hurlyburly
   • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 109:

     Yaroslav went about his duties with a straight back and a firm, springy step, enjoying it all: the hurly-burly in Smolensk, getting the rustics into uniform, and, better still, the train journey.