hurry scurry
[adverb]
Synonyms: pell-mell, helter-skelter, hotfoot, impetuously, incontinently

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hurry-scurry adverb, adjective, noun & verb. ['hʌrɪskʌri] colloq. M18.
[Redupl. of HURRY verb, perh. infl. by scud, or scuttle.]
A. adverb. In disorderly haste, in hurry and confusion. M18.
■ E. Elmhirst A whistling coal train drove these horsemen hurry-scurry out of its way.
b. adjective. Characterized by hurry and confusion. M18.
C. noun. Hurry and confusion; disorderly haste, rush. M18.
■ A. Carlyle An alarm was beat in the camp, which occasioned a great hurry-scurry in the courtyard.
D. verb intrans. & trans. (Cause to) move or act in confusion and hurry; rush. L18.
■ W. Combe She was among those busy wives, Who hurry-scurry through their lives.

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