- huggermuggery
hugger-muggery
1> _разг. путаница, неразбериха
2> _разг. темные делишки; махинации
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
huggermuggery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or hugger muggery) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW … English dictionary for students
concealment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping secret Nouns 1. concealment; hiding[ place]; curtain, screen, blind; smokescreen, ambush, camouflage; hideaway, hideout, sanctum sanctorum, safe house; secret passage or exit, back or side door,… … English dictionary for students
clandestineness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW … English dictionary for students
clandestinity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW … English dictionary for students
covertness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW … English dictionary for students
huggermugger — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I (or hugger mugger) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretiveness, secretness. See SHOW. II (or hugger mugger)… … English dictionary for students