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Wiktionary
- adv. idiomatic From one place (or person, or task) to another; hither and thither
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. [Colloq.] hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
- n. See under Pillar.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. from one place or situation to another
Etymologies
- Possibly originally "from post to pillar", a reference to the rapid movement of the ball in real tennis (Wiktionary)
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