hugger-mugger
disorder or confusion; muddle.
secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?
secret or clandestine.
disorderly or confused.
to keep secret or concealed; hush up.
to act secretly.
Origin of hugger-mugger
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How to use hugger-mugger in a sentence
But they were taking no steps for this purpose; they were content with social hugger-mugger.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden BlaikieMr Bethany tossed the hugger-mugger of pamphlets across the table.
The Return | Walter de la MareStill, everything drifts on to these hugger-mugger large enterprises; Chicago spreads over the world.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThey can't do it,—by Act of Parliament,—except in a hugger-mugger left-handed way, that wouldn't suit you at all.
The Duke's Children | Anthony TrollopeAll that set you were brought up in—why, one only had to look at them to see what a hugger-mugger way they probably lived.
Vera | Elisabeth von Arnim
British Dictionary definitions for hugger-mugger
/ (ˈhʌɡəˌmʌɡə) /
confusion
rare secrecy
with secrecy
in confusion
(tr) to keep secret
(intr) to act secretly
Origin of hugger-mugger
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