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HOLE-AND-CORNER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Example:
underground resistance
Synonyms:
clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover; underground
Classified under:
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
Example:
a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community
Synonyms:
hole-and-corner; hole-in-corner
Classified under:
Similar:
insignificant; unimportant (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
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