| 单词 | corner-lot |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner-lot corner-lot n. U.S. a plot of ground (with its block of buildings) at the corner of two streets or roads, having a frontage to each. ΚΠ 1702 J. Logan in Corr. Penn & Logan (1870) I. 129 I have sold the corner lot next the Meeting-House for £115. 1816 Boston Selectmen 29 July The corner lot of the new street. 1863 Congr. Globe 28 Feb. App. 139/1 These early pioneers [in Colorado]..commenced laying off ‘corner lots’, and holding elections. 1868 Putnam's Mag. Jan. 24 No corner-lot banditti, Or brokers from the city. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iii. 65 Every man..is hopeful as a millionaire if he have a few corner lots, and ten dollars in his pocket. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxi. 68 To keep a store in a ‘corner lot’ is the ambition of the keen-witted lad. 1909 F. Norris Third Circle 104 Incidentally corner lots are desirable. < as lemmas |
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