- hugger-muggery
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/hug"euhr mug'euh ree/, n., pl. hugger-mugger-ies.hugger-mugger (defs. 1, 2).[HUGGER-MUGGER + -Y3]
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hugger-muggery
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hugger-muggery — g(ə)rē, ri noun ( es) : hugger mugger 1 * * * /hug euhr mug euh ree/, n., pl. hugger mugger ies. hugger mugger (defs. 1, 2). [HUGGER MUGGER + Y3] … Useful english dictionary
hugger mugger — Synonyms and related words: airtight secrecy, all over, all over hell, anarchic, arsy varsy, ass backwards, back door, backstairs, balled up, black out, bollixed up, by stealth, censor, chaotic, clandestine, close secrecy, closeness, concealment … Moby Thesaurus
closeness — Synonyms and related words: THI, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agreement, airlessness, airtight secrecy, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assemblage, assimilation, association … Moby Thesaurus
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secrecy — Synonyms and related words: Jim Crow, apartheid, apartness, burial, burying, censorship, clandestineness, clouding, concealedness, concealment, confidentiality, confidentially, covering, covering up, covertly, covertness, darkening, deception,… … Moby Thesaurus
silence — Synonyms and related words: answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle up, brain, brevity, briefness, bring down, brusqueness, burn to death, calm, calmness, censor, choke, choke … Moby Thesaurus
