PELLMELL

pellmell. Pellmell, ad. fast, confusedly, without any order

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Pell′mell″, adv. [[F. pêle-mêle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mêler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.]] In utter confusion; with confused violence. “Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell.” Milton.