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hush-hush
adjective
secret UK, 1916
Reduplicated “hush” (to be quiet); military origins.- “Hush-hush all the way, Mr. Regan,” Kelly said. “Crikey, nobody knows who did the blag...” — The Sweeney, p. 50, 1976
- FIREBUG: Dead cert? LEE: Oh yeah. Well, y’know, hush-hush an’ all that. — Guy Ritchie et al., Lock, Stock... & Four Stolen Hooves, p. 25, 2000
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