| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Tattersall’s horsestores and betting-rooms, Knightsbridge Green. They were once at the corner of Hyde Park. | 1 |
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To make a corner. To combine in order to control the price of a given article, and thus secure enormous profits. (See CORNER.) | 2 |
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What have I done to deserve a corner? To deserve punishment. The allusion is to setting naughty children in a corner by way of punishment. | 3 |
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| “There’s nothing I have done yet, o’ my conscience, |
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Shakespeare: Henry VIII., iii. 1. |
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