hugger-mugger
Speech parts
1. hugger-mugger - Noun
2. hugger-mugger - Adjective
3. hugger-mugger - Verb
4. hugger-mugger - Adverb
5. hugger-mugger - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
Secret; clandestine; sly.
Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlternative names
hugger mugger
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Examples
clandestine intelligence operations
cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
hole-and-corner intrigue
secret missions
a secret agent
secret sales of arms