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hurrah's nest en · NOUN

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1. (US, archaic, idiomatic, informal) pandemonium (state of chaos and confusion).
   • "What's all this hurrah's-nest for'ard?" said Dan, pointing to a wild tangle of spare oars and dory-roding, all matted together by the hand of inexperience. 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
   • A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. 1869, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oldtown Folks:

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