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hugger-mugger(1)

hugger-mugger noun, adverb, & adjective. . E16.
[Redupl., with 1st elem. prob. rel. to HUDDLE verb and 2nd elem. to MUCKER verb1: cf. earlier HUDDER-MUDDER.]
A. noun.
Concealment, secrecy. Chiefly in in hugger-mugger, secretly, clandestinely. arch. E16.
S. Butler In Hugger-mugger hid.
Disorder, confusion; a muddle. L17.
Times Literary Supplement The..Carthusians, revolting against the gregarious hugger-mugger of the older orders, were..serious writers.
b. adverb.
Secretly, clandestinely. Now chiefly dial. E16.
In disorder or confusion, in a muddle. L19.
V. Glendinning Rich and poor lived here hugger-mugger, literally on top of one another.
C. adjective.
Secret, clandestine. L17.
A. Sillitoe There was no longer the hugger-mugger anecdote, or any juicy elbow-gripping gossip.
Disorderly, confused; makeshift. M19.
H. Nicolson It entailed..living a rather hugger-mugger existence in Berlin.

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