hugger mugger

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   act stealthily or secretively

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Questions about hugger mugger

What does hugger mugger mean?

hugger mugger means "act stealthily or secretively".

Is hugger mugger a common word?

hugger mugger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.