huggermugger

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I have reasons for believing that Huggermugger and his wife are the last of their race; for all their ancestors and relations are dead, and they have no children, and are likely to have none.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

But Huggermugger laughed, and said he knew the dwarf was crabbed and spiteful, but that he did not fear him.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

As they sailed off. they fancied they saw in the twilight, the huge forms of the great Mr. and Mrs. Huggermugger on the rocks, gazing after them with open eyes and mouths.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

If he was ever to be taken away from the island, it could only be by the force of persuasion, and he was sure that Huggermugger would not voluntarily leave his wife.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

Mrs. Huggermugger, especially, was charmed with them, and would have taken them home in her arms--"she had no children of her own, and they should live with her and be her little babies."

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse