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  • 121Cotswold Olimpick Games — “Olympicks” redirects here. For the 776 BC to AD 393 Games see Ancient Olympic Games. For the 1894 revival, see Olympic Games. Image from 1636 depicting the Cotswold Games. Robert Dover, founder of the games, is on horseback, carrying a wand.[1]… …

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  • 122pell-mell — or pell•mell [[t]ˈpɛlˈmɛl[/t]] adv. 1) in a recklessly hurried manner 2) in a disordered mass 3) disorderly or confused 4) cvb overhasty or precipitate; rash 5) a jumbled mass, crowd, etc 6) disorderly, headlong haste • Etymology: 1570–80; <… …

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  • 123pell-mell — /pɛl ˈmɛl / (say pel mel) adverb 1. in an indiscriminate medley; in a confused mass or crowd. 2. in disorderly, headlong haste. –adjective 3. indiscriminate; disorderly; tumultuous. –noun 4. an indiscriminate medley. 5. violent and confused… …

  • 124rout — Ⅰ. rout [1] ► NOUN 1) a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. 2) a decisive defeat. 3) archaic a disorderly or tumultuous crowd of people. ► VERB ▪ defeat utterly and force to retreat. ORIGIN obsolete French …

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  • 125every which way — adverb 1. in a random manner (Freq. 1) the houses were randomly scattered bullets were fired into the crowd at random • Syn: ↑randomly, ↑indiscriminately, ↑haphazardly, ↑willy nilly, ↑arbitrarily …

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  • 126Trouble — Trou ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Troubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Troubling}.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to… …

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  • 127Troubled — Trouble Trou ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Troubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Troubling}.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd;… …

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  • 128Troubling — Trouble Trou ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Troubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Troubling}.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd;… …

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