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HUGGER-MUGGER

\hˈʌɡəmˈʌɡə], \hˈʌɡəmˈʌɡə], \h_ˈʌ_ɡ_ə_m_ˈʌ_ɡ_ə]\

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1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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hug'[.e]r-mug'[.e]r, n. secrecy: confusion. [Perh. a rhyming extension of hug.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Secrecy; (in) secret; confusion; confused (ly); (v.t.) conceal, hush up; (v.i.) proceed in secret or muddled fashion.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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