| 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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