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short corners

short corners is the plural of short corner.

Meaning of short corner

Noun

short corner (plural short corners)

  1. A short pass from a corner (the set piece).
    • Pedersen took a short corner and El-Hadji Diouf was given time to send in a cross for Mame Diouf to stoop and head home from close range.2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC
  2. (field hockey) A penalty corner

Questions about short corners

What is short corners the plural of?
Short corners is the plural of short corner.

Words near short corners in the dictionary

  1. short codes
  2. short commons
  3. short con
  4. short cons
  5. short corner
  6. short corners
  7. short cross
  8. short crosses
  9. short cut
  10. short cuts
  11. short division

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