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hugger-mugger

adjective as in cloak-and-dagger

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Example Sentences

But they were taking no steps for this purpose; they were content with social hugger-mugger.

Mr Bethany tossed the hugger-mugger of pamphlets across the table.

Still, everything drifts on to these hugger-mugger large enterprises; Chicago spreads over the world.

They can't do it,—by Act of Parliament,—except in a hugger-mugger left-handed way, that wouldn't suit you at all.

All that set you were brought up in—why, one only had to look at them to see what a hugger-mugger way they probably lived.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hugger-mugger, such as: clandestine, covert, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, and quiet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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