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hugger-mugger
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Hugger-mugger
(gcide) | Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
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Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.
--Fuller.
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2. Confusion; disorder.
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Hugger-mugger
(gcide) | Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
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2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
doings.
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hugger-mugger
(wn) | hugger-mugger
adv 1: in secrecy; "they did it all hugger-mugger"
adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy]
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue";
"secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms";
"surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover
investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine,
cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger,
hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover,
underground]
n 1: a state of confusion; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of
international finance" |
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Hugger-mugger
(gcide) | Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie;
Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger,
with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
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Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.
--Fuller.
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2. Confusion; disorder.
[PJC]Hugger-mugger \Hug"ger-mug`ger\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
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2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger
doings.
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