·noun One who hugs or embraces.
II. Hugger ·vt & ·vi To Conceal; to lurk ambush.
·adj Secret; clandestine; sly. II. Hugger-mugger ·adj Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hug...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
By stealth, privately, without making an appearance. They spent their money in a hugger mugger way. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
In its Shakspearian bearing may have meant secretly, or in a clandestine manner, but its nautical ap...
The Sailor's Word-Book