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Definition of Cloak-and-dagger
1. Adjective. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. "Underground resistance"
Similar to: Covert
Derivative terms: Underground
Definition of Cloak-and-dagger
1. Adjective. Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloak-and-dagger
Literary usage of Cloak-and-dagger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"Swend threw down his cloak and dagger, and fell at the king's feet, saying, 'All
is in God's hand, and thine, king.' The king ordered him to be seized and ..."
2. Shakespeare's England: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the Reign of by Walter Thornbury (1856)
"The light shade of society was broad and strong; the mere business of life was
varied and amusing. The rose of fashion, in the days of cloak and dagger, ..."
3. Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our social history in the reign of by Walter Thornbury (1856)
"The rose of fashion, in the days of cloak and dagger, seldom rose before he had
heard it at least ring noon from Paul's or Bow. The fumes of canary perfumed ..."
4. The Heimskringla: Or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings from the Icelandic of by Snorri Sturluson, Samuel Laing, Rasmus Björn Anderson (1889)
"Svein threw down his cloak and dagger, and fell at the king's feet, saying, "All
is in God's hands and thine, king!" The king ordered his men to seize Svein ..."
5. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1913)
"... as in the case of the early stuff of the Middletons and Rowleys; or by the
combination of "cloak and dagger" melodrama with the salacious fascinations ..."
6. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... such as a halo for a saint, a crook for a bishop, or, if you liked, a cloak
and dagger for the villain, and a red wig for the comedian. ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1885)
"... absence of bitterness between the Radicals below the gangway and the clever
gladiator in front of them, who poses with Mr. Disraeli's cloak and dagger. ..."
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