1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1771. Smollett, Humphrey Clinker (ed. 1890, p. 185). As for the lawyer he waited below till the hurly-burly was over, and then he stole softly to his own chamber.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. J. and H. Smith, Horace in London, pp. 18–25, Ode ii., ‘Hurly-burly’ (Title).
1886. Max Adeler, Out of the Hurly-Burly. Title. [[385]]
1893. St. James’s Gazette, xxvii., 4076, p. 4. While all London was making holiday, Paris was engaged in a hurly-burly of a very different kind.
Hurra’s-nest, subs. (nautical).—The utmost confusion; everything topsy-turvy. For synonyms, see Sixes and Sevens.
1840. R. H. Dana, Two Years Before the Mast, ch. ii. Everything was pitched about in grand confusion. There was a complete hurrah’s nest, as the sailors say, ‘everything on top and nothing at hand.’
1869. Mrs. Stowe, Old Townsfolks, ch. iv. You’ve got our clock all to pieces, and have been keeping up a perfect hurrah’s nest in our kitchen for three days. Do either put that clock together or let it alone.