Defenition of the word hole-and-corner

• Defenition of the word 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"
  • relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells
  • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  • relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life

Synonyms for the word hole-and-corner

• • clandestine
  • cloak-and-dagger
  • colorless
  • hole-in-corner
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • on the quiet
  • secret
  • surreptitious
  • undercover
  • underground

Similar words in the hole-and-corner

• • covert
  • insignificant
  • unimportant

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