Found 1 items, similar to hole-and-corner.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hole-and-corner 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-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, on the quiet(p), secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]