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pell-mell

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pell-mell/pelˈmel/

▶adjective & adverb in a confused, rushed, or disorderly way. ▶noun a confused mixture; disorder.

– origin C16: from Fr. pêle-mêle, from earlier pesle mesle, mesle pesle, reduplication from mesler ‘to mix’.

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