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
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
There is no getting out of it now," remarked the Professor, with a rueful face; "and I don't think you have improved matters by getting married in this hole-and-corner way.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
"You will not mind such a hole-and-corner sort of wedding?" he asked anxiously.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
