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Hugger-mugger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In hugger-mugger denotes in privacy or secrecy, and the word adverbially used, denotes secretly. [It is a low cant word.]

Hugger-mugger [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

Hugger-mugger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.