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a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B4 Make seuerall kingdomes of this monarchie, And share it equally amongst you all, So I may haue some nooke or corner left, To frolike with my deerest Gaueston.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 66 Through Nookes, & Corners, she pursu'd the Chase, There was no barring her from any place.

1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xiii. 124 I had then no Pent-houses to walk under to keep me from the rain, nor was there a red lattice at every nook and corner (as at London) to give me entertainment.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xv. 153 I have examined every Nook and Corner of this New World.

a1785 J. Hall-Stevenson Miss in Teens in Wks. (1795) III. iii. 49 Each nook and cranny she survey'd; She even examin'd the close-stool, But Dick was in the closet laid.

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. 10 226/1 I..knew every nook and corner, wondered and worshipped everywhere.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life i. v. 29 He explored the whole neighbourhood, looking into every nook and cranny of it.

1933 Ann. Reg. 1932 35 The driving force that sweeps Mr. Huxley on to presenting every nook and cranny of his Brave New World to the fiercest light of inquiry.

1973 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 Sept. 13/1 There was..a dispersal of the small number of negro students throughout the nooks and crannies of Harvard College.

2001 Nature 8 Feb. p. xi/3 Chemokines—proteins that orchestrate the migration of cells that bear the appropriate chemokine receptors—permeate every nook and cranny of immunology.