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- noun Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century spelling of
halter (a rope, cord, or similar that fastens around the neck).
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Examples
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He blamed Skinner for his etymology for helter-skelter from the Anglo-Saxon words for the darkness of hell: "Hell, says he, being a place of confusion."
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Now that the Republicans are out of power shouldn't this blog and its posters be flinging the F word helter skelter?
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It was here that Charles Manson and members of his cult family were hiding out after the so - called helter-skelter murders that claimed at least seven lives and terrified the country in 1969.
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There's also plenty for the family to do and see – Victorian traditions such as helter skelter, carousel and swing boats, a steam engine, ice rink, coconut shi and hoopla stalls, street entertainment, music and shows all bring a taste of the past back to the town.
The Bedford Christmas Victorian Market Thatsnews 2008
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There's also plenty for the family to do and see – Victorian traditions such as helter skelter, carousel and swing boats, a steam engine, ice rink, coconut shi and hoopla stalls, street entertainment, music and shows all bring a taste of the past back to the town.
Archive 2008-07-01 Thatsnews 2008
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"There is an internal process that we go through, but it is kind of helter-skelter, in a good way."
Restaurant Reviews pcaldwell@statesman 2010
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It occurs to me that this is not unlike the process I always have to go through with a book -- I write a bunch of it kind of helter-skelter, enough to get a feel for it, and then I have to stop and take it apart and rearrange the pile of rocks into something that will bear weight -- arches and pillars -- so they can support the structure of the rest of the novel atop them.
can't seem to loosen my grip on the past batwrangler 2008
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"We understand that it's going to get to kind of helter skelter every now and then.
unknown title 2009
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But what one gets is a helter-skelter portrait of a crazy world in which justice turns into a form of showbusiness and in which even a savage shooting is something to be marketed.
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Before attending Odyssey, I researched in a helter-skelter fashion.
WRITING QUESTION: RESEARCH SOURCES PART TWO odysseyworkshop 2010
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