Etymology:
- Unknown, though it may have originated from the game of hazard and the Old French cinc and sis, the riskiest numbers to shoot for, which were misheard and folk-etymologized into English as "six" and "seven".
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Additional definitions for 'at sixes and sevens':
| at sixes and sevens | In a state of confusion. |
| at sixes and sevens | be confused or muddled up, unsure of a decision |
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