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It was all hurly-burly, and every one was ordered immediately to quarters.— Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
In the midst of the hurly-burly, the captain reached the deck, and laid the ship to; the sailor who had remonstrated with the mate having, in the meantime, clutched that officer, and attempted to throw him over, believing I had been drowned by his cruelty.— Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
What a hurly-burly is there made!— The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660
When the burly-burly was over some child was always chairless, of course.— Roast Beef, Medium

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