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hush-hush en · ADJ
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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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(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: