Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A private or out-of-the-way corner. Massinger; Fuller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A private corner.
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Examples
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On the upper, and only other floor of this hotel, there was a great, wild, rambling sala, with one very little window in a by-corner, and four black doors opening into four black bedrooms in various directions.
Pictures from Italy 2007
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Palestine has a small area, and every one of its inhabitants was acquainted with almost every by-corner and nook in it.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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And, indeed, so solitary and remote is this ancient edifice, and so simple is the mode of living of the people in this by-corner of Spain, that the appearance of even a sorry calesa might well cause astonishment.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1892
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It is only singular that in such a by-corner the scheme of Columbus should have found intelligent listeners and coadjutors, after it had been discarded, almost with scoffing and contempt, from learned universities and splendid courts.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1892
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He is difficult to understand, -- intricate, -- strange, -- drawing his illustrations from every by-corner of science, art, and nature, -- a comet, among the bright stars of German literature.
Hyperion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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On the upper, and only other floor of this hotel, there was a great, wild, rambling sala, with one very little window in a by-corner, and four black doors opening into four black bedrooms in various directions.
Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens 1841
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He is difficult to understand, — intricate, — strange, — drawing his illustrations from every by-corner of science, art, and nature, — a comet, among the bright stars of German literature.
Hyperion 1839
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And, indeed, so solitary and remote is this ancient edifice, and so simple is the mode of living of the people in this by-corner of Spain, that the appearance of even a sorry calesa might well cause astonishment.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821
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It is only singular that in such a by-corner the scheme of Columbus should have found intelligent listeners and coadjutors, after it had been discarded, almost with scoffing and contempt, from learned universities and splendid courts.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821
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And first of all he caused certain old rusty arms to be scoured, that belonged to his great-grandfather, and lay many ages neglected and forgotten in a by-corner of his house; he trimmed and dressed them the best he might, and then perceived a great defect they had; for they wanted a helmet, and had only a plain morion; but he by his industry supplied that want, and framed, with certain papers pasted together, a beaver for his morion.
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