Source : WordNet®

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}]