[hohl-uh
n-kawr-ner] 
| 1. | secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue. |
| 2. | trivial and colorless: She was living a hole-and-corner existence of daily drudgery. |
[hohl-in-kawr-ner] .| hole-in-corner | |
adjective | |
| relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells [syn: hole-and-corner] |