hole-in-corner

1. 1.

   relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life

   “a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community”

   Synonymshole-and-corner

   Similarinsignificant

Questions about hole-in-corner

What does hole-in-corner mean?

hole-in-corner means "relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life".

How many syllables are in hole-in-corner?

hole-in-corner has 4 syllables: ho-le-in--cor-ner. The stress falls on "le-in-".

What is another word for hole-in-corner?

Close synonyms include hole-and-corner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.