Hugger-mugger
Pronunciation : Hug"ger-mug`ger
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.]
Definition : Defn: Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hug"ger-mug`ger
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913