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PELLMELL
Adjective
pellmell
Alternative form of pell-mell
Adverb
pellmell (not comparable)
Alternative form of pell-mell
Source: Wiktionary
Pell`-mell" (, n.
Definition: See Pall-mall.
Pell`mell", adv. Etym: [F. pĂŞle-mĂŞle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mĂŞler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.]
Definition: In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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