Dictionary of the Scots Language
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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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‡HODROD, n. Also †hoad-road. A confusion, a turmoil, a state of chaos; a conglomeration, an untidy heap of miscellaneous articles. Slk. 1824  Hogg Works (1874) 482:
When we got the candle lightit, a' the house was in a hoad-road. Rxb. 1923  Watson W.-B.:
A perfec' hodrod o' stuff lyin' in ablow the bed.