Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hurly-burly \Hur"ly-bur`ly\, n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly
   confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E.
   hurry.]
   Tumult; bustle; confusion. --Shak.

         All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly.
                                                  --Knolles.