cornering

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cornering englanniksi

  1. (infl of)

  2. A piece of decorative work forming a corner.

  3. {{quote-text|en|year=1844|title=The Art Journal

  4. The act by which somebody is cornered.

  5. 1809-1812, (w), "Manoeuvring", in ''Tales of Fashionable Life''

  6. Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice.