corner n DARE corners (1970) for sense 2.
   3 Comb ~ boy.
   1897 Evening Telegram 20 Feb A young an[d] inoffensive man from the higher levels was tripped up last night at 9:30 near the corner of Springdale Street by a crowd of corner boys. When [he] regained his feet the scoundrels had flown. 1986 Sunday Express 23 Nov, p. 2 In times not long past, the city's corner boys took a similar attitude to their profession. They spent their days leaning against the old General Post Office. Without their support it would surely fall down.

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