Meanings
four corners1
- pluralplural onlylawThe face of a document or its contents, considered without reference to any outside information.
If Republicans don't think it's a coup or doesn't fit this definition of a coup in all four corners then I'd love to hear what they would call it.
2020 December 1, Charles Joseph Scarborough, “Morning Joe for December 1, 2020” (1:23:00 from the start), in Morning Joe, via MSNBC - USpluralplural onlyslangA major intersection and/or economic center in a town.
You would say, in an American town, you say it's four corners, where...where a bunch of places come together.
2023 January 16, Dan Carlin, “Twilight of the Aesir” (2:37:17 from the start), in Hardcore History
Four Corners2
- preceded by theThe quadripoint at the borders of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, and the region surrounding it.
Driving north from Gallup, New Mexico, on State Route 491 toward the Four Corners Monument, one passes through the vast, arid lands of the eastern Navajo Nation.
2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN - A locality in the Edward River council area and the Murrumbidgee council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- card gamesA type of patience card game.
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