Sparrow Corner

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• Sparrow

  ·noun Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sparrow

  Mentioned among the offerings made by the very poor. Two sparrows were sold for a farthing (Matt. 10...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• sparrow

  Mumbling a sparrow; a cruel sport frequently practised at wakes and fairs: for a small premium, a bo...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Sparrow

  (Heb. tzippor, from a root signifying to "chirp" or "twitter," which appears to be a phonetic repres...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Corner

  ·noun Direction; quarter. II. Corner ·vt To drive into a corner. III. Corner ·noun A secret or sec...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Corner

  The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• to corner

  1) To corner a person, is to get the advantage of him in an argument, as though he were physically p...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Corner

  The "corner" of the field was not allowed, (Leviticus 19:9) to be wholly reaped. It formed a right o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Water sparrow

  ·- The reed bunting. II. Water sparrow ·- The reed warbler. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• sparrow-mouthed

  Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their m...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• satin-sparrow

  n. Same as satin-robin (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• swamp-sparrow

  n. a nickname in New Zealandfor the Fern-bird (q.v.). 1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sparrow grass

  A vulgar pronunciation of asparagus both in England and America. Hence the celebrated charade by a c...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• By-corner

  ·noun A private corner. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Poets' Corner

  ·add. ·- An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; — so called because it contai...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Amen Corner

  West out of Paternoster Row at No. 36 to Amen Court (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within. Fi...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lion's Corner

  West out of Middlesex Street, in Portsoken Ward (L.C.C. List, 1901). Rebuilt for business purposes....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Oxenden Corner

  On the south side of Ludgate Hill over against the Old Baily, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, Ed...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pie Corner

  See Pye Corner. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pike's Corner

  Mentioned in the circumference of the Tower of London as set out in James II. 's Patent defining the...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pye Corner

  At the northern end of Giltspur Street, leading to West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elme...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Walbrook Corner

  Down west from this parish church (St. Swithin's), from London Stone have ye Walbrooke corner (S. 22...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• mumble a sparrow

  A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Butchers' Hall Corner

  High street in St. Nicholas Shambles by the small lane there leading to the gate at the Butchers Hal...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• caper corner-way

  Diagonally. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Harrow Corner, Fleet Lane

  See Harrow Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pye Corner, Tower Street

  At the east end of Tower Street, and north end of Petty Wales, 23 poles north from Richardson's whar...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Harrow Corner, St. Peter's Hill

  See Harrow Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.