Hurrah in Hell. Not to care a single hurrah in hell, verb. phr. (American).—To be absolutely indifferent.
1893. Harold Frederic, National Observer, IX., 1 Apr., p. 493, col. 2. I don’t care a single hurrah in sheol.
Hurry, subs. (musical).—A quick passage on the violin, or a roll on the drum, leading to a climax in the representation.
1835. Dickens, Sketches by Boz, p. 66. The wrongful heir comes in to two bars of quick music (technically called a hurry).
Hurry-curry, subs. (obsolete).—See quot.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Grosart, Works, v. 267). The … was so in his humps upon it … that he had thought to have tumbled his hurrie currie, or … can, into the sea.
Hurry-durry, adj. (old).—Rough; boisterous; impatient of counsel or control.
1677. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, i., 1. ’Tis a hurrydurry blade.
Hurrygraph, subs. (American).—A hastily written letter.
1861. Independent, 31 July. I must close this hurrygraph, which I have no time to review.