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