helter-skelter
noun/ˌheltə ˈskeltə(r)/
/ˌheltər ˈskeltər/
(British English)- a tall tower at a fairground that has a path winding around the outside of it from the top to the bottom for people to slide downWord Originlate 16th cent. (as an adverb): a rhyming jingle of unknown origin, perhaps symbolic of running feet or from Middle English skelte ‘hasten’.
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