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Hugger-mugger

Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, n.

noun

n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. Eng. hugger, to lie in ambush, to lurk about, mug, fog, mist, muggard, sullen, displeased.] Privacy; secrecy. [Colloq. and low.]

Many things have been done in hugger-mugger in our day. Fuller.

Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, a.

adjective

a. 1. Secret; clandestine; close; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; poor; mean; contemptible; as, hugger-mugger doings; hugger-mugger condition.