upside-downness

I suppose the tower would turn back into the attic if we could only start that shaky upside-downness going – wrong way before, you know.

The House of Arden Edith 1923

Make her pay you a dollar for the dozen, and don't let her deduct more than a dollar for the upside-downness of the sleeves.

Patty's Success Carolyn Wells 1902

And at the very moment when the wild, whirling, blinding, deafening, tumbling upside-downness of the carpet-moving stopped, the children had the happiness of seeing three large live turtles waddle down to the edge of the sea and disappear in the water.

The Phoenix and the Carpet 1891

The story fills a dozen pages of the book; but the social injustice of the whole world is hinted in that space; the upside-downness of creation, right prostrate, wrong triumphant, -- a mad, crazy world.

Men, Women, and Boats Stephen Crane 1885

Knowing is not aimed at anyone with even a slightly scientific bent of mind, who would laugh at the upside-downness of such a suggestion, that a scientific mind would balk at a mystery instead of being intrigued by it.

FlickFilosopher.com 2009

Christians in their engagement with wider society need to do a similar task and creating following our Muslim friends in finding alternative ways of financing without the upside-downness of what we used to call "usury" seems to be a good place to start.

Zoomtard 2009

Christians in their engagement with wider society need to do a similar task and creating following our Muslim friends in finding alternative ways of financing without the upside-downness of what we used to call "usury" seems to be a good place to start.

Zoomtard 2009

Kuznetsova’s girlishness — the 23-year-old actress is five foot two and 101 pounds, and giggles frequently — coupled with an upbeat sound track, featuring the Soviet band Kino, compound this sense of upside-downness.

From Russia, With Self-Loathing 2009

Kuznetsova’s girlishness — the 23-year-old actress is five foot two and 101 pounds, and giggles frequently — coupled with an upbeat sound track, featuring the Soviet band Kino, compound this sense of upside-downness.

From Russia, With Self-Loathing 2009

Kuznetsova’s girlishness — the 23-year-old actress is five foot two and 101 pounds, and giggles frequently — coupled with an upbeat sound track, featuring the Soviet band Kino, compound this sense of upside-downness.

From Russia, With Self-Loathing 2009