corner-point

Updated: May 19, 2025

But the great devil did envy it, and by that means put the High Dutches far behind, who played the devils in swilling down and tippling at the good liquor, trink, mein herr, trink, trink, by two of my table-men in the corner-point I have gained the lurch.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2