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hush-hush

  [huhsh-huhsh]
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–adjective
highly secret or confidential: a hush-hush political investigation.
Origin:
1915–20; redupl. based on hush
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hush-hush   (hŭsh'hŭsh')   
adj.   Informal
Secret; confidential.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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hush-hush [ˈhəʃˈhəʃ]

  1. mod.
    secret; undercover. : The matter is so hush-hush I can't talk about it over the phone.
  2. mod.
    secretly. : They did it so hush-hush that no one knew for a long time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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