How to pronounce hurly-burly

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What hurly-burly means

noun

Noisy, busy confusion and bustle

In a sentence: Mia loved the hurly-burly of the train station, with people rushing in every direction.

Where it comes from: It's a playful rhyming word, and no one is sure exactly where it came from.

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