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hudder-mudder
† hudder-mudder, n. Obs. Also 5–6 hoder-moder, 6 hudder-mother, hudther-mudther, hudder-mutter, hutter-mutter, huther-muther. [A reduplicated compound of which the first element appears to be related to hoder v. to huddle; the second is obscure, but in part, at least, onomatopœic: cf. hugger-mugger....
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hugger-mugger
▪ I. hugger-mugger, n., a., and adv. (ˈhʌgəˈmʌgə(r)) Forms: 6 hukermoker, hoker moker, hocker-mocker, (also 9 dial.) huckermucker, hugger mucker, 6–7 hucker mucker, 6– hugger mugger, hugger-mugger, huggermugger. [This is the commonest of a group of reduplicated words of parallel forms and nearly syn...
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huddle
▪ I. huddle, v. (ˈhʌd(ə)l) Also 6 huddel, 6–7 hudle, 8 hudell. [Huddle vb. and n. are known only from the second half of the 16th c.; the vb., which prob. preceded the n., has the form of a diminutive and iterative, perh. ultimately from the Teut. root hud-, hūd- to cover (see hud n.1); cf. hoder v....
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