hole-and-corner

hole-and-cor·ner (hln-kôrnr)

adj.

Being in a secret place; conducted secretly.

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hole-and-corner

adj

(usually prenominal) Informal furtive or secretive

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hole-and-corner - relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells hole-in-corner unimportant, insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
	2.	hole-and-corner - conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, undercover, underground, secret, surreptitious, hugger-mugger covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"

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hole-and-corner

adjective (Informal) furtive, secret, secretive, clandestine, sneaky (informal), underhand, surreptitious, stealthy, under the counter (informal), backstairs I think we were treated in a rather hole-and-corner fashion.
open, public, frank, candid, above-board

Translations

hole-and-corner [ˈhəʊlənˈkɔːnəʳ] ADJ → furtivo
to do sth in a hole-and-corner way → hacer algo de tapadillo

hole-and-corner [ˌhəʊləndˈkɔːnəʳ] adj (fam) → furtivo/a