| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. Confusedly; in a bustle.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HURRY-SKURRY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Hurry-skurry \Hur"ry-skur`ry\, adverb. [An imitative word; compare to Swedish skorra to rattle, snarl, English scurry.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HURRY-SKURRY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] Confusedly; in a bustle.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Literature | Hurry-skurry Another ricochet word with which our language abounds. It means a confused haste, or rather, haste without waiting for the due ordering of things; pell-mell. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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