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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Origin of hugger-mugger
1520–30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker,Middle English mokeren to hoard
Words nearby hugger-mugger
huge, Hügel, hugely, hugeous, huggable, hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, Huggins, huggy, Hugh, Hugh Capet
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British Dictionary definitions for hugger-mugger
hugger-mugger
/ (ˈhʌɡəˌmʌɡə) /
noun
confusion
rare secrecy
adjective, adverb archaic
with secrecy
in confusion
verb obsolete
(tr) to keep secret
(intr) to act secretly
Word Origin for hugger-mugger
C16: of uncertain origin
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