higgledy-piggledy

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• Reims' stained glass gives an idea of the risks: reglazed in the sixteenth century, replaced higgledy-piggledy during releading in the eighteenth, wrecked by hail in the nineteenth and finished off by shellfire in the twentieth.
• The 20th century saw the continuous loss of farmers and the obliteration of small farms, the decline in open and forested land near cities, and the higgledy-piggledy sprawl across the countryside of suburbs and exurbs.
• It was the previous owner, John Hegarty, who commissioned Hewett to draw up plans for the new house, a higgledy-piggledy amalgamation of neo-Georgian elements, for which permission was granted.
• Adding to the higgledy-piggledy feel of the pub is the situation of the bar, the main part is in one of the front rooms, with a serving hatch tucked under the stairs in the middle of the pub to serve the other rooms.
• Look at any hotel brochure and the chairs around the swimming pool are always neat and orderly, not higgledy-piggledy.
• They just put up their houses, shops, and factories wherever seemed most convenient, and the cities grew higgledy-piggledy.
• Cobbled streets run higgledy-piggledy through medieval houses which are stacked up along the river's steep banks.
• Turpin Real Estate Ms. Higgins said the additions that were tacked on over the years by previous owners made the house 'a little higgledy-piggledy.' N.J. Colonial With Farm Roots
• Books are often stacked in higgledy-piggledy piles on the floor.
• This once "higgledy-piggledy" historic home in the Township of Morris, N.J., was given a more coherent layout by the current owners. N.J. Colonial With Farm Roots