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Hugger-mugger   /hˈəgər-mˈəgər/   Listen
Hugger-mugger

noun
1.
A state of confusion.






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"Hugger-mugger" Quotes from Famous Books



... under our immediate eye, so that, like thrifty housekeepers, we could see where and how fast the money was going, we should be less likely to commit extravagances. At present, these things are managed in such a hugger-mugger way, that we know not what we pay for; the poor man is charged as much as the rich; and, while we are saving and scrimping at the spigot, the government is drawing off at the bung. If we could know that ...
— The Biglow Papers • James Russell Lowell



Words linked to "Hugger-mugger" :   covert, untidy, hugger mugger, cloak-and-dagger, topsy-turvy, confusion



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