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Definition: HOLE AND CORNER

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. Clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] ``The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery.'' --Dickens.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: HOLE AND CORNER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. Clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] ``The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery.'' --Dickens.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: HOLE AND CORNER

ExpressionsDefinition
Hole and cornerClandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] ``The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery.'' --Dickens. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: HOLE AND CORNER

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Hole and CornerLiterature(business). Underhand and secret. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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