Starvation Corner
n.— «The Fuddle Hotel richly merits our encomiums of praise.…It is situated in the center of Poverty Hollow, on the broad road that leads to Destruction, and within sight of Lazy Plains, Starvation Corner and Battle Hill.» —“Temperance” by Landshark, Harpoon & Company Zion’s Herald and Wesleyan Journal Mar. 3, 1847. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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