Frank Smith: What did the Captain want?
Joe Friday: He’s raising the roof. Says he just got a call from the corner pocket. They’re leaning all over him. Says he’s tired of answering questions. Says we better come up with some of the answers for him.
The BigMole - Dragnet (1950)
Deputy Chief Parks is only days away from occupying the “corner pocket"--the sixth-floor, Parker Center office of the chief of police.
David Dotson “The Right Stuff” August 10, 1997 LA Times
eight ball corner pocket; to say I am done with this situation and you. Being confident in the fact that you are done, as you would be in making a corner shot in a pool game.
A name for someone that is so annoying that you want to shove into the corner instead of saying “sit down and shut up”
Person 1: Ugh, this person is being so damn annoying!
Person 2: It can’t be that bad.
Person 1: He’s ruining the day for everyone! I just wanna shove him into a wall!
Person 2: He must be a real asshole in the corner pocket.