HUGGER-MUGGER

hugger-mugger. Hugger-mugger, n. secrecy, privacy; a. confused

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Hug″ger–mug′ger (?), n. [[Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]] Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller.