mell : Idioms & Phrases

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pell-mell

  • adjective satellite with undue hurry and confusion
    helter-skelter.
    • a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
    • a pell-mell dash for the train
  • adverb in a wild or reckless manner
    harum-scarum.
    • dashing harum-scarum all over the place
    • running pell-mell up the stairs
WordNet
Pell`-mell" noun
Definitions
  1. See Pall-mall.
Webster 1913

sea-mell

Sea"-mell` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The sea mew.
Webster 1913