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The meaning of HOLE-AND-CORNER is being or carried on in a place away from public view : clandestine.
Hole-and-corner definition: secretive; clandestine; furtive. See examples of HOLE-AND-CORNER used in a sentence.
Hole-and-corner definition: secretive; clandestine; furtive. See examples of HOLE-AND-CORNER used in a sentence.
hole-and-corner in American English. (ˈhoulənˈkɔrnər) adjective. 1. secretive; clandestine; furtive. The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue. 2. trivial and colorless. She was living a hole-and-corner existence of daily drudgery.
Definition of hole-and-corner adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the adjective hole-and-corner mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective hole-and-corner . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. “ hole-and-corner intrigue”. synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground. covert. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed. adjective.
