hole-and-corner

(British) also hole-in-the-corner (British)

hole-and-corner activities are kept secret, usually because they are dishonest (always before noun) I don't want any more hole-in-the-corner deals, from now all our business will be done in the open.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Friede	FREE-də	German
CaitrÍOna	kah-TREE-na	Irish
Erlendur	-	Icelandic
Hendrika	-	Dutch
Leopold	LE-o-pawlt (German), LAY-o-pawlt (Dutch), LEE-ə-pold (English), le-AW-pawlt (Polish)	German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
Yua	yoo-ah	Japanese