in holes and corners
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Sometimes it skulks in holes and corners, hiding an abashed head and shrinking from the light of day, as in the capitals of modern Europe.
From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by John Addington Symonds
In winter very large hauls are made; then the fish congregate in holes and corners.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
Who died there in those months, in holes and corners and dark places, the magistrates may have known, no others.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
Evil-doers, by forcing Marat to hide in holes and corners, had turned him into a bird of night, the bird of Minerva, whose glance pierced the dark recesses where conspirators lurked.
From The Gods are Athirst by Emilie Jackson
Mice lurk in holes and corners; could the cat speak, she would say that they have a genius only for lurking in holes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
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