Hole-and-corner

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]