| 释义 |
> as lemmasQ in the corner Q in the corner n. now rare a person who or thing which sits in the corner, one who is unnoticed or unimportant; also as a (self-mocking or self-effacing) pseudonym. [Of unknown origin; in quot. 1782 perhaps with punning reference to the game of ‘puss in the corner’ (Puss in the (also a) corner n. at puss n.1 5). See also discussion in Notes & Queries 42 (1995) 71–72.] < |