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/kˈɔrkɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Cork v. t. (past & past part. corked; pres. part. corking)

To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. "Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace." Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.

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Etymology of 'Corking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... she shouted as she descended upon them. "He's a daisy; he's a ducky; he's a lamb. Did you ever see such a perfectly corking saddle?" ...

— Just Patty • Jean Webster

... and the second time I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class. I have seldom had such a thoroughly corking brain-wave. ...

— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse

... work to do, I did not finish the story of my adventure with the camouflaged cows, and I am wondering now why I thought it such a corking one. The cows had something to do with it. We were returning from Belfort to Verdun when I met them. Our special duty had been to furnish aerial protection to the King of Italy, who was visiting the French lines in the Vosges. This done we started ...

— High Adventure - A Narrative of Air Fighting in France • James Norman Hall

... leaned back in his chair. "May I light a cigarette? Thanks. That breakfast was corking. Now, about the baby. I think you are right. Why shouldn't ...

— Drusilla with a Million • Elizabeth Cooper

... corking day! It's a shame I had to get laid up right at the beginning of the trip. But I'll be all right in a couple of days and I suppose I can stand it as long as my books hold out. But, blame it all, look at this camp. Jack and Bart are the sloppiest fellows I ever saw. Look at the blankets on ...

— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters • Irving Crump

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