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hugger-muggery

hugger-muggery noun: disorder; chaos.

Noun

hugger-muggery (uncountable)

  1. Disorder; chaos.

Forms of hugger-muggery

alternative formhuggermuggery

Origin of hugger-muggery

From hugger-mugger + -ery.

Questions about hugger-muggery

What does hugger-muggery mean?
Hugger-muggery means disorder; chaos.
What part of speech is hugger-muggery?
Hugger-muggery is a noun.

Words near hugger-muggery in the dictionary

  1. hugger
  2. hugger-mugger
  3. hugger-muggered
  4. hugger-muggering
  5. hugger-muggers
  6. hugger-muggery
  7. huggered
  8. huggering
  9. huggermugger
  10. huggermuggery
  11. huggers

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