E22
If a house is untidy and everything is upset, you might say, “It’s a ________!” or “It looks like ________.”
| MESS | 651 |
| HELL | 105 |
| CYCLONE HIT IT | 78 |
| PIGPEN | 63 |
| CYCLONE STRUCK IT | 56 |
| HECK | 48 |
| SHAMBLES | 37 |
| WRECK | 36 |
| HOGPEN | 31 |
| DICKENS | 30 |
| DEVIL | 27 |
| PIGSTY | 24 |
| STORM HIT IT | 20 |
| RAT’S NEST | 19 |
| IN A MESS | 16 |
| TORNADO HIT IT | 14 |
| SIGHT | 12 |
| TOPSY-TURVY | 12 |
| HURRICANE HIT IT | 11 |
| THE DEVIL | 10 |
| MESSY | 9 |
| UNTIDY | 9 |
| WRECK OF THE HESPERUS | 8 |
| CYCLONE | 7 |
| CYCLONE HAD BEEN THROUGH IT | 7 |
| CYCLONE HIT | 7 |
| CYCLONE STRUCK | 7 |
| HURRAH’S NEST | 7 |
| UPSIDE DOWN | 7 |
| SIGHT FOR SORE EYES | 6 |
| THE DICKENS | 6 |
| TORNADO STRUCK IT | 6 |
| BOAR’S NEST | 5 |
| CYCLONE HAD BEEN THROUGH | 5 |
| DUMP | 5 |
| HECK OF A MESS | 5 |
| MARE’S NEST | 5 |
| TORNADO WENT THROUGH IT | 5 |
| WRATH OF GOD | 5 |
| CLUTTERED | 4 |
| CYCLONE WENT THROUGH IT | 4 |
| FILTHY | 4 |
| FRIGHT | 4 |
| HURRICANE STRUCK IT | 4 |
| PIG’S PEN | 4 |
| STORM STRUCK IT | 4 |
| STORM WENT THROUGH IT | 4 |
| TUMBLED-UP MESS | 4 |
| UNKEPT | 4 |
| WHIRLWIND HIT IT | 4 |
| WHIRLWIND STRUCK IT | 4 |
| AWFUL MESS | 3 |
| BARN | 3 |
| CLUTTERED UP | 3 |
| CYCLONE HAD HIT IT | 3 |
| DIRTY HOUSE | 3 |
| DISASTER AREA | 3 |
| EVERYTHING’S TOPSY-TURVY | 3 |
| HELL OF A MESS | 3 |
| HORRIBLE | 3 |
| SAM HILL | 3 |
| SHAMBLE | 3 |
| SLOPPY | 3 |
| STORM BEEN THROUGH IT | 3 |
| TERRIBLE | 3 |
| TORNADO WENT THROUGH | 3 |
| UNHOLY MESS | 3 |
| UPSET | 3 |
| ALL MESSED UP | 2 |
| BEDLAM | 2 |
| CHAOS | 2 |
| CYCLONE BEEN IN IT | 2 |
| CYCLONE BEEN THROUGH IT | 2 |
| CYCLONE HAD STRUCK | 2 |
| DIRTY | 2 |
| DIRTY MESS | 2 |
| HADES | 2 |
| HOGAN’S ALLEY | 2 |
| HURRICANE HAD BEEN THROUGH IT | 2 |
| IN A SHAMBLES | 2 |
| IT’S LIVED IN | 2 |
| JUNK PILE | 2 |
| MESSED UP | 2 |
| MESSY HOUSE | 2 |
| NOBODY LIVED HERE | 2 |
| SLOPPY HOUSE | 2 |
| STORM HAD BEEN THROUGH | 2 |
| STORM HAD HIT IT | 2 |
| STORM HIT | 2 |
| TORE UP | 2 |
| TUMBLED UP | 2 |
| TURMOIL | 2 |
| TURNED UPSIDE DOWN | 2 |
| UNKEMPT | 2 |
| UPHEAVAL | 2 |
| AFTER THE TORNADO | 1 |
| AIR-RAID SHELTER | 1 |
| ALL CLUTTERED UP | 1 |
| ALL LITTERED UP | 1 |
| ALL SCRAMBLED UP | 1 |
| ALL TANGLE UP | 1 |
| ALL TORE UP | 1 |
| AS IF WE’RE GOING TO MOVE | 1 |
| AS IF YOU WERE MOVING OUT | 1 |
| AS THOUGH A STORM HAS BEEN THROUGH | 1 |
| AS THOUGH WE’D JUST MOVED IN | 1 |
| AT SIXES AND SEVENS | 1 |
| AWFUL | 1 |
| BAD | 1 |
| BAD ROOM | 1 |
| BEEN THROUGH THE WAR | 1 |
| BIG MESS | 1 |
| BIRD’S NEST | 1 |
| BOAR’S ROOM | 1 |
| BOTTOM OF PARROT CAGE | 1 |
| BUNCH OF JUNK | 1 |
| CAT HAD A FIGHT IN HERE | 1 |
| CAT HAD A FIT IN IT | 1 |
| CATCHALL | 1 |
| CATS HAD AT IT | 1 |
| CHAP’S PLAYHOUSE | 1 |
| CLUTTER | 1 |
| CLUTTERED MESS | 1 |
| CLUTTERED-UP MESS | 1 |
| COLORED PEOPLE LIVE HERE | 1 |
| COW PEN | 1 |
| CROW’S NEST | 1 |
| CRUMMY | 1 |
| CYCLONE BEEN THROUGH | 1 |
| CYCLONE COME THROUGH | 1 |
| CYCLONE DESTROYED IT | 1 |
| CYCLONE GONE THROUGH IT | 1 |
| CYCLONE HAD STRUCK IT | 1 |
| CYCLONE HAS BEEN THROUGH IT | 1 |
| CYCLONE HAS GONE THROUGH | 1 |
| CYCLONE HAS GONE THROUGH IT | 1 |
| CYCLONE PASSED BY | 1 |
| CYCLONE WENT THROUGH IT AND STOPPED | 1 |
| CYCLONE’S HIT IT | 1 |
| DEATH AND DESTRUCTION | 1 |
| DEN | 1 |
| DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM | 1 |
| DEVIL BEFORE DAY | 1 |
| DEVIL HAD A FIT | 1 |
| DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE | 1 |
| DEVIL HAD A FIT IN IT | 1 |
| DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND FORGOT TO TAKE HIS GOODS AWAY | 1 |
| DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN’T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY | 1 |
| DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT WITH A PITCHFORK | 1 |
| DEVIL’S AUCTION | 1 |
| DEVIL’S BEEN IN HERE | 1 |
| DIRT-DAUBER’S NEST | 1 |
| DIRTY ROOM | 1 |
| DISGRACE | 1 |
| DISHEVELLED | 1 |
| DISORDERLY | 1 |
| DISORDERLY HOUSE | 1 |
| DISORGANIZED | 1 |
| DIVIL | 1 |
| DOG’S BED | 1 |
| DUMP HEAP | 1 |
| EVERYTHING’S MESSED UP | 1 |
| FIBBER MCGEE’S CLOSET | 1 |
| FIBBER MCGEE’S ROOM | 1 |
| FILTHY HOUSE | 1 |
| FINNIGANS WENT THROUGH | 1 |
| GARBAGE-HOUSE | 1 |
| GOD-AWFUL MESS | 1 |
| GRAND MESS | 1 |
| GRODY HOUSE | 1 |
| HARRY | 1 |
| HAYSTACK | 1 |
| HEAP | 1 |
| H-E-DOUBLE-L | 1 |
| HEIGH-HO’S NEST | 1 |
| HELL A-FLYIN’ | 1 |
| HELL-OF-LOOKIN’ THING | 1 |
| HIGH HOLLER’S NEST | 1 |
| HIGH WIND SWEPT THROUGH IT | 1 |
| HIGH WIND WENT THROUGH | 1 |
| HIT BY A CYCLONE | 1 |
| HODPODGE | 1 |
| HOGSTY | 1 |
| HOLE | 1 |
| HOLY HELL | 1 |
| HOORAW HAD A FIT | 1 |
| HORNET’S NEST | 1 |
| HORSE WALKED THROUGH | 1 |
| HOUSE AFIRE | 1 |
| HOUSE IS NASTY | 1 |
| HOUSEHOLD OF JAN STEEN | 1 |
| HOVEL | 1 |
| HUDELT | 1 |
| HURRICANE HAD GONE THROUGH IT | 1 |
| HURRICANE HAD STRUCK | 1 |
| HURRICANE HAS HIT HERE | 1 |
| HURRICANE STRUCK | 1 |
| IN SHAMBLES | 1 |
| INDIAN’S PLACE | 1 |
| IT BEEN NEGLECTED | 1 |
| IT WAS HIT BY A CYCLONE | 1 |
| IT WAS SHOT AT AND HIT | 1 |
| IT’S BEEN HIT BY A CYCLONE | 1 |
| IT’S BEEN LIVED IN | 1 |
| IT’S BEEN STIRRED WITH A SPOON | 1 |
| JERUSALEM | 1 |
| JOHNNY TUMBLE-DOWN | 1 |
| JUMBLED MESS | 1 |
| JUMBLED-UP MESS | 1 |
| JUNK HOLE | 1 |
| JUNK HOUSE | 1 |
| KANSAS CYCLONE HIT IT | 1 |
| KLATTY | 1 |
| LIGHTNING HAD STRUCK IT | 1 |
| LITTERED | 1 |
| LITTERED UP | 1 |
| LOOKS A SIGHT | 1 |
| LOOKS AS THOUGH THE RATS WAS THROUGH IT | 1 |
| LOOKS AS THOUGH THE WIND HAD HIT IT | 1 |
| LOUSY-LOOKING | 1 |
| MESS OF A HOUSE | 1 |
| MISPLACED HOUSE | 1 |
| MISPUT HOUSE | 1 |
| MOVING DAY | 1 |
| MUSSED UP | 1 |
| NATURAL | 1 |
| NEEDS REDDING UP | 1 |
| NOBODY LIVES HERE | 1 |
| NOBODY’S LIVING HERE | 1 |
| OLD HARRY | 1 |
| OLD SATAN HAD A FIT IN IT | 1 |
| OLD SCRATCH | 1 |
| OOKY-LOOKING | 1 |
| PERFECT MESS | 1 |
| PETER TUMBLEDOWN | 1 |
| PIGS LIVED HERE | 1 |
| PLUMB WRECK | 1 |
| POOR HOUSEKEEPIN’ | 1 |
| READY TO RIDE OUT | 1 |
| REGULAR DUMP | 1 |
| REGULAR MESS | 1 |
| RIGHT AT HOME | 1 |
| RIOT | 1 |
| RIP VAN WINKLE PLACE | 1 |
| ROYAL MESS | 1 |
| RUBBISHY | 1 |
| RUMBLE | 1 |
| RUMPLE-KAMMER | 1 |
| SATAN UNTIED | 1 |
| SATAN WALKED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| SCHLOCK-HOUSE | 1 |
| SLOVENLY HOUSEKEEPER | 1 |
| SLUM | 1 |
| SLUMS | 1 |
| SO UNKEPT | 1 |
| SOMEBODY BEEN ROLLING MUD THROUGH IT | 1 |
| SOMEBODY CARELESS LIVED THERE | 1 |
| STORM | 1 |
| STORM BEEN THROUGH | 1 |
| STORM BLEW THROUGH | 1 |
| STORM BLOWED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| STORM HAD BEEN THROUGH IT | 1 |
| STORM HAD STRUCK IT | 1 |
| STORM HAS BEEN THROUGH IT | 1 |
| STORM’S HIT IT | 1 |
| STRUCK BY A TORNADO | 1 |
| TACKY | 1 |
| TERMITES HAD BEEN IN IT | 1 |
| TERRIBLE MESS | 1 |
| THERE’S BEEN A STORM THROUGH IT | 1 |
| THEY JUST MOVED IN | 1 |
| THUNDER | 1 |
| TIPSY-TURVY | 1 |
| TOBACCO ROAD | 1 |
| TORE-UP HOUSE | 1 |
| TORNADO | 1 |
| TORNADO HAD BEEN THROUGH | 1 |
| TORNADO HAD HIT IT | 1 |
| TORNADO HAD STRUCK IT | 1 |
| TORNADO’S HIT IT | 1 |
| TOSSY-TURVY | 1 |
| TOTAL LOSS | 1 |
| TOUSLED | 1 |
| TRASH HEAP | 1 |
| TUMBLED-UP | 1 |
| TUMBLED-UP HOUSE | 1 |
| TUMBLED-UP PLACE | 1 |
| TURNED AROUND | 1 |
| UNGEWAFFEN | 1 |
| UNORGANIZED | 1 |
| UNTIDY ROOM | 1 |
| UPSET HOUSE | 1 |
| VERY DISORDERLY | 1 |
| VERY UNTIDY | 1 |
| WHIRLWIND | 1 |
| WHO STRUCK JOHN | 1 |
| WHOREHOUSE | 1 |
| WHORE’S GARRET | 1 |
| WINDSTORM HIT IT | 1 |
| WINDSTORM STRUCK IT | 1 |
| YOU CAN’T TELL WHETHER SHE’S MOVING IN OR MOVING OUT | 1 |
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