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hugger-mugger::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
hugger-mugger::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
hugger-mugger::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | confusion |
| Derivation | hugger mugger |
he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance.
Examples of hugger-mugger
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Such modernist hugger-mugger has great potential for tedium.
From the time.com
At Christmas, for example, is it going to be one year at Sandringham, the next all hugger-mugger at the Middletons'place?
From the telegraph.co.uk
A pity, as the outlook across the city's hugger-mugger of historic city centre buildings would have been marvellous.
From the independent.co.uk
Those hoods, hugger-mugger in some kind of office, what are they up to with their arms raised against each other?
From the guardian.co.uk
It's also two or three love stories, lots of derring-do and hugger-mugger, improbable meetings, the clash of religions, storms at sea and droughts on land, and so much more.
From the sfgate.com
Paradise Postponed combines some of the social sweep of Brideshead with the hugger-mugger of Rumpole, the overweight, conniving and lovable Old Bailey barrister.
From the time.com
It is a partially edible blaze of colour and because all the plants are grown in a hugger mugger style, the labour required is of a more relaxed nature than that needed for purely vegetables.
From the telegraph.co.uk
