From The Dictionary of English Etymology, 2nd ed., by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872) -- Hugger-mugger or hodermoder or hudgemudge are "adverbial expressions applied to what is done in a concealed or clandestine manner."
I am almost as intrigued by the name Hensleigh as I am by the expressions!
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