Huggermugger

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  • adjective. Secret; clandestine; sly.
  • adjective. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
  • Word Usage
    "An old editor of mine in Providence used to call these kinds of stories the huggermugger."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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    verb-form