TO-DO
ADVERBS
► in a great to-do → IN A QUIRK 1905Bk
NOUNS
► a to-do, an uproar, a stir → MAKE-A-DO 1575 obs.
► a fuss, pother, to-do → FAIRD 1728 obs.
► a fuss, clamour, to-do, outcry → SANG 1739
► a moment’s uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do → MANK 1808
► a stir, fuss, pother, to-do, an uproar → ONGOINGS 1808
► confusion, hubbub, noise, a to-do, bustle → HEELIEGOLEERIE 1819
► a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour → ONCARRYING 1835
► a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle → PANSHINE 1838
► a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle → PANSHIT 1838
► a flouncing, floundering movement; a to-do, bustle, uproar → WALLOCH 1839
► a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic → ONCARRY 1850
► a stir, a fuss, a to-do, a tumult, an uproar → ONGO 1871
► a disturbance, a to-do, a fuss → TINGLE-TANGLE 1880
► proceedings, doings, to-do → GANNINS-ON 1889
► a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech → PALAVER 1892
► a bustle, state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up → FARRACH 1898
► a fuss, a to-do, a disturbance → BLARE 1898Bk
► a bustle, a fuss, a stir, a to-do → ONTACK 1900
► difficulty; a great to-do → TAW Bk1905
► a difficulty; a great do-do → TAWEN Bk1905 obs.
► a commotion, a to-do. a fist fight; a free-for-all → COME-ALL-YOU 1950
► a fuss, a to-do, an outcry, a row → MACHREACH 1952
► a to-do, a commotion, a fuss → PALLALL 1965
► a to-do; a great fuss → KADOO 1968
NOUNS, PERSON
► one who is fond of making a to-do → MAKE-A-DO 1589 obs.
VERBS
► to make a fuss or to-do; to be angry → MAKE WORK 1816
► to make to-do or commotion → HOLLER AUNT 1892 Eng. dial.
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