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hush-hush en · ADJ

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  1. Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
    • The sex lottery went over big in its first try with number runners selling tickets and making the entire affair a very hush-hush production. 6 August 1953, “Jet”, in American political and entertainment news., volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, pages 21-22:
    • The spy program was very hush-hush: no-one ever spoke of it.

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hush-hush en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) secrecy; covert operation
    • I find a very definite policy of hush-hush here about what Japan is doing […] 1933, The China Monthly Review, volume 67, page 64: