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An' the things be in prime kelter, tu; an' better than four hunderd pound of uncle's money still left Long may it be left, I'm sure.— Children of the Mist
All helter-skelter and out of kelter,— Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann
And as the kelter runs quite flush, [7]— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
That's right -- tip up the kelter, it will make my bones amends, [14]— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
The rest are in high kelter.— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

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