Adjective: hole-and-corner 'hów-lun'kor-nu(r)
- Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"hole-and-corner intrigue";
- clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
- Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
"a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community";
- hole-in-corner
See also: covert, insignificant, unimportant