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There is a popular baker in my town who does decent cakes, but her topsy-turvies were iffy...
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It falls and overturns the second, which, in the same way, topsy-turvies the third; and so on, right to the end of the row.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Something has turned her poor little mind topsy-turvies.
Poor Miss Finch Wilkie Collins 1856
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I am afraid some of you will let the mess-fix of those brodder-twins find its way to her pretty ears, and turn her poor little mind topsy-turvies when I am not near to see to it in time.
Poor Miss Finch Wilkie Collins 1856
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