hole-and-corner

Example Sentences

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You can say or print almost anything so long as you are willing to do it in a hole-and-corner way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said one American: "Has an international document ever been ratified in such a hole-and-corner fashion?"

From Time Magazine Archive

The oxygen mask wall continue to put a new face on the secret agent of tradition, marking his release from the hole-and-corner, back-alley deals of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hole-and-corner marriage somewhere with young Jerry, who was already wearying of his chains; a marriage reft of all things which makes marriage a joy.

From The Oyster by Peer

There is nothing that so mystifies the citizen of the New World as the hole-and-corner aspect of some of the business establishments of London.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis