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Hole and corner

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clandestine, underhand.

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Now, as the girl was sitting at her distaff, weeping bitterly because she could not spin, she heard the sound of hundreds of little feet, and from every hole and corner in the hut mice came pattering along the floor, squeaking and saying:
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
By the time she came back, Tom had slipped off into the barn; and when she had looked about and searched every hole and corner, and found nobody, she went to bed, thinking she must have been dreaming with her eyes open.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
And you'll be running into bad company, I expect, putting your nose in every hole and corner where you've no business
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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