hole-and-corner

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hole-and-corner

adjective

Conducted in secret; clandestine. The Baron rather frowned on such things, thinking them injudicious at the present stage of affairs, so His Highness had to go about them in a hole and corner manner.
Similar: cloak-and-dagger

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@misc{hole_and_corner_2026,
  title = {hole-and-corner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hole-and-corner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}