Literally, “(gone) round the corner”. Originating from fixed expressions, such as het hoekje om gaan, attested since the late eighteenth century.
- IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈɦukjə ˌɔm/, /(ɦ)ət ˈɦukjə ˌɔm/
het hoekje om
- (informal) dead [from late 18th c. in fixed expressions, from 19th c. independently]
