hole-and-corner

English

Adjective

hole-and-corner

  1. Conducted in secret; clandestine.
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 90:
      Whatever made you think in the first place that I would give up the security of my happy marriage for a hole-and-corner affair with you?

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