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   Hugger-mugger (?), 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, a.
   1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
   
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   2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, “hugger-mugger doings”.
   
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