hole-and-corner

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hole-and-corner - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hole-and-corner
      adj 1: relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of
             life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"-
             H.G.Wells [syn: hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner]
      2: 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" [syn: clandestine,
         cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger,
         hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover,
         underground]