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Hole-and-corner   /hoʊl-ənd-kˈɔrnər/   Listen
Hole-and-corner

adjective
1.
Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life.  Synonym: hole-in-corner.
2.
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.  Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground.  "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"






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"Hole-and-corner" Quotes from Famous Books



... brother, method precise and soldier-like. War is a very ancient profession—an honourable profession and therefore to be treated with due reverence. Now, without method, war would become but a scurvy, sorry, hole-and-corner business, unworthy your true soldier. So I, a soldier, loving my profession, do stand for method in all things. Thus, would I attack a city, I do it modo et forma: first, I set up my mantelets for my archers, and under cover of their swift ...
— Beltane The Smith • Jeffery Farnol



Words linked to "Hole-and-corner" :   hush-hush, insignificant, covert, unimportant



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