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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -hugger-mugger-, *hugger-mugger*
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
hugger-mugger

WordNet (3.0)
hugger-mugger(n) a state of confusion
hugger-mugger(adv) in secrecy

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Hugger-mugger

n. [ Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen. ] 1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confusion; disorder. [ PJC ]

Hugger-mugger

a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings. [ 1913 Webster ]

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