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GUEST,Tom Dowling	BS: What is a 'hugger mugger'? (26)	RE: BS: What is a 'hugger mugger'?	27 Jul 03
Well, so much for the speculation on my part that hugger mugger was an example of Hobson-Jobson (earlier on in this thread). That guess is on shaky grounds in light of, among other things, the appearance of the term in Hamlet and the probable Anglo-Irish or other non-Indic origins of the term. In any event, I was wrong. However, my thanks to katlaughing for providing the URL of the on-line version of the Hobson-Jobson dictionary. I had not looked at it in years, having lost mine in a building collapse in 1975! One of these days I will actually contribute a small nugget to this message board! Tom D.

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