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_Derivation of "Topsy Turvy."_--When things are in confusion they are
generally said to be turned "topsy turvy." The expression is derived from a
way in which turf for fuel is placed to dry on its being cut. The surface
of the ground is pared off with the heath growing on it, and the heath is
turned downward, and left some days in that state that the earth may get
dry before it is carried away. It means then top-side-turf-way.