Hole-in-corner (Adjective)
Meaning
Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She lived a hole-in-corner life in the small town, unknown and untouched by the world beyond.
- The artist's fascination with the mundane and the ordinary led him to create works that celebrated the hole-in-corner aspects of everyday life.
- After the scandal, the politician was relegated to a hole-in-corner existence, rarely seen or heard from in public.
- The novel explored the hole-in-corner lives of the city's marginalized communities, revealing the hidden stories and struggles that lay beneath the surface.
- He worked at a hole-in-corner publishing house, churning out obscure academic texts that few people would ever read.