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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hugger-mugger

· Hug·ger-mug·ger · IPA /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
01 n. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
  1. 1.
    Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.[Archaic]
    “Many things have been done in hugger-mugger.” Fuller.
  2. 2.
    Confusion; disorder.
02 a. Secret; clandestine; sly.
  1. 1.
    Secret; clandestine; sly.
  2. 2.
    Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.