单词 | to keep a corner |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep a corner c. to keep a corner: to reserve a small place. ΚΠ c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kij v Softe man and spare thou, a courner of thy belly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 276 I had rather be a Toade..Then keepe a corner in a thing I loue, For others vses. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 48. 312 Malefactors..preserve as it were a Corner of their Souls for the reception of Pity. 1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 100 ‘What the de'il, mon, a pasty!’ re-echoed the Scot; ‘Though splitting, I'll still keep a corner for that’. < as lemmas |
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