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hole-and-corner

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There was to be no hole-and-corner business about the great coup.

But this hole-and-corner way of doing warfare damps all enthusiasm and stifles recruiting.

Do you think Paula Varick is the kind of girl to practice hole-and-corner meetings at museums or restaurants?

Deny him any playground but a hole-and-corner court, and you'll find that he'll betake himself to hole-and-corner games in it.

The call might not come, of course; the war might be short, a hole-and-corner affair soon ended.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hole-and-corner, such as: clandestine, covert, furtive, hush-hush, unauthorized, and fraudulent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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