Hug"ger-mug`ger (?), n. [Scot.
huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush,
mug mist, muggard sullen.] Privacy; secrecy.
Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and
secrecy. [Archaic]
Many things have been done in hugger-
mugger.
Fuller.
Hug"ger-mug`ger, a. 1.
Secret; clandestine; sly.
2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as,
hugger-mugger doings.