haywire

where does the saying -gone haywire- come from???
10:28 Mon 25th Jul 2011
 
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Possibly:- American phrase arising from the difficulty of handling coils of wire used for binding bundles of hay.
Can also come from something that's broken or damaged and been repaired by binding it with the wire used for hay baling.

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