huggermugger

ADJECTIVE

secret

Synonyms

WEAK

backdoor backstairs camouflaged clandestine classified cloak-and-dagger close confidential covert cryptic discreet disguised dissembled dissimulated furtive hush-hush in ambush incognito inside restricted secretive sly sneak sneaky

ADVERB

secretly

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret in strict confidence insidiously intimately o obscurely on the Q.T.

NOUN

secrecy

Synonyms

WEAK

clandestineness clandestinity concealment confidence confidentiality covertness dark darkness furtiveness hiding huggermuggery hush isolation mystery privacy reticence retirement seclusion secretiveness secretness silence solitude

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Huggermugger was not suspicious by nature, and it never came into his thoughts that Kobboltozo, or any other dwarf could have the least idea of his great secret.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

He had only refrained from communicating to Huggermugger what the dwarf had told him, from the fear of making the poor giant more unhappy and ill than ever.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

Then Huggermugger put his hand in, and again he roared out as he felt the sharp prick of the thorn.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

He noticed, however, that there were other boots and shoes near by, and so there was a chance that Huggermugger might choose to put on some other pair.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

So Huggermugger took his basket and his big stick, and strode off to the marsh.

From The Last of the Huggermuggers by Cranch, Christopher Pearse

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