Definitions
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- adjective relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
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Examples
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But I don't want to have it in a hole-in-corner way, a bit at a time, first one and then another.
King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912
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After he was released on bail: That couple of months immediately preceding that, while I was still under suspicion, was without doubt the most difficult period I think I have spent - living this hole-in-corner existence and with my life in effect being in abeyance.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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After he was released on bail: That couple of months immediately preceding that, while I was still under suspicion, was without doubt the most difficult period I think I have spent - living this hole-in-corner existence and with my life in effect being in abeyance.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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