Definition of hole-and-corner Hole-and-corner
hole•and•cor•ner
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What does hole-and-corner mean?
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| hole-and-corner - relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells | ||
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| hole-and-corner - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" | ||
| clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground | ||
| covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hole-and-corner (Adjective)
Conducted in secret; clandestine.
