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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1790

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†HUDDLE MUDDLE, adv. Secretly, hastily, in stealthy fashion.Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 110:
Syne huddle muddle o'er the bent, To fill the Clerk's seed kist it went.

[Reduplic. form of Muddle, to be secretively active, the first element being influenced by Hiddle, adv. Cf. Eng. Hudder-mudder, hugger-mugger, Hudge-Mudge.]

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