Might mean (unverified): Conducting activities in secretive confusion.
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  1. hugger-muggering: Dictionary.com
  2. hugger-muggering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hugger-mugger)

adjective:  Secret, clandestine, sly.
adjective:  Disorderly, chaotic, confused.
noun:  (archaic) Secrecy.
noun:  Disorder.
adverb:  Secretly.
adverb:  Confusedly, in a muddle.
verb:  To meet or act secretly.
▸ Also see hugger-mugger


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