What is the meaning of Hugger-mugger?

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(a.) Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
(a.) Secret; clandestine; sly.
(n.) Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

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