/hohl"euhn kawr"neuhr/ , adj.
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.
Also, hole-in-corner /hohl"in kawr"neuhr/ .
[ 1825-35 ]