Textual thesaurus for "hole-and-corner"

(adj) secret, undercover, underground, surreptitious, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger

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

(adj) hole-in-corner

relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life

a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community- H.G.Wells