单词 | naughty corner |
释义 | > as lemmasnaughty corner 9. Designating a place where a child may be sent to stand or sit in isolation when misbehaving. Chiefly in naughty corner. Also in figurative contexts. See also naughty step n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1829 Morning Jrnl. 6 July 3/4 Our big children very seldom play pretty..and have grown so strong that all attempts at putting them in the naughty corner are vain. 1836 Patriot 17 Oct. 412/1 On some fitting occasion, I shall be quite ready to vindicate myself, or to put the rest of my calumniators into the ‘naughty corner’ beside the Bishop of London. 1954 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 6 June b1/6 For minor offenses, the children are made to sit on a ‘naughty chair’. 1974 J. Brothers in Good Housek. June 58/2 You can reinforce the command by punishment, such as standing the child in a ‘naughty corner.’ 1994 USA Today (Nexis) 20 May 2 c This..is the woman who was dispatched to major league baseball's official naughty corner last year after investigators found she often used language that was ‘racially and ethnically insensitive’. 2012 K. Phillip Who runs your House? 82 If they continue getting up or walking away from your naughty spot place them back and advise them they will stay there longer if they get up again. < as lemmas |
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