hospital corner
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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If called upon, I can also execute a crisp hospital corner on a top sheet.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Quite early in the evening, so he said,—as early as nine o'clock,—he was under the hospital corner, listening to the music further up along the bluff.
From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Deming, Edwin Willard
As they came through Onabasha, Betsy turned at the hospital corner, but the Harvester pulled her around and drove toward the country.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Then he drove to the city and Betsy turned at the hospital corner with no interference.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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