Meaning of hole-and-corner | Babel Free
Definitions
Conducted in secret; clandestine.
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
εν κρυπτώ και παραβύστω
Examples
“The Baron rather frowned on such things, thinking them injudicious at the present⟳ stage⟳ of affairs, so His Highness had to go about them in a hole and corner manner.”
“Whatever made you think⟳ in the first place⟳ that I would give⟳ up the security of my happy marriage for a hole-and-corner affair with you?”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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