Corner resident nearly securing spot for dance (8)
I believe the answer is:
hornpipe
'dance' is the definition.
(hornpipe is a kind of dance)
'corner resident nearly securing spot' is the wordplay.
'corner resident' becomes 'Horner' ('Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner').
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'securing' indicates putting letters inside.
'spot' becomes 'pip' (both can mean a small amount).
'horner' with its last letter removed is 'horne'.
'horne' going around 'pip' is 'HORNPIPE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hornpipe that I've seen before include "piece of music for an > old dance" , "Lively jig" , "Obsolete instrument: naval dance" , "Lively solo dance associated with sailors" , "Lively old sailors' dance" .)