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 Translation for 'higgledy-piggledy' from English to French
ADJ   higgledy-piggledy | more higgledy-piggledy | most higgledy-piggledy
SYNO disorderly | higgledy-piggledy | hugger-mugger | ...
en vrac {adj} [empilé]higgledy piggledy [coll.]
pêle-mêle {adv}higgledy-piggledy
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Usage Examples English
  • Initially isolated on the rural hillside of what is now Parc dels Tres Turons ("Three Hills Park"), the combination of structures put up without building permits alongside more planned urban development has given the area its modern appearance of buildings piled higgledy-piggledy on the hillside.
  • Böhler had seen the chaos in other military hospitals where patients were lying higgledy-piggledy which of course caused difficulties in treating them.
  • The series takes place on a “higgledy-piggledy” prehistoric planet and follows the antics of a little mischievous cave girl called Igam Ogam and her friends.
  • The Lower Main Street pavements have since fallen into a higgledy-piggledy bad state of repair which has led to calls from the local council for re-paving to be carried out.
  • In 1998, WIZO released "Kraut & Rüben EP" ("Cabbage and Carrots", also "higgledy piggledy") on the label Fat Wreck Chords, containing the songs that were already popular in Germany, but unknown to the rest of the world.

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