hole-and-corner
Example Sentences
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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
Said one American: "Has an international document ever been ratified in such a hole-and-corner fashion?"
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There had been no regular rehearsals yet, but private preparation, of the hole-and-corner kind I have described, had been going on for a week or so.
From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines
When there is real variety, what may be called hole-and-corner work,—conspiracy,—influence of sect or clique,—are impossible.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
