Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that corks bottles, for example.
- noun Slang A remarkable or astounding person or thing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which corks.
- noun In manufacturing, an instrument to stretch women's shoes.
- noun An unanswerable fact or argument; that which makes further discussion or action unnecessary or impossible; a settler.
- noun A successful examination; a “rush.”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who puts corks into
bottles . - noun informal A person or thing that is
exceptional orremarkable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
- noun a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
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Examples
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A corker is something very special … almost one of a kind.
Twilight Lexicon » On The Red Carpet: Interviews With Booboo Stewart and Charlie Bewley 2010
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The corker was a woman who, in an initial interview, said she had never been sexually abused.
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Accordingly, when put upon another boy's back to be horsed, as it was termed, he slipped a large pin, called a corker, in his mouth, and on receiving the first blow stuck it into the neck of the boy who carried him.
The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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There's hardly a big-sky stereotype he doesn't trick out with new tricks - wait till you catch the man-with-no-name corker he's come up with - but he and co-screenwriters John Logan and James Ward Byrkit are cribbing their plot points not just from classic Westerns but from the likes of
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Cowen & Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr says Boeing is selling itself short with a too-low guidance after a "corker" of a first quarter.
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Sollicker Somewhat equivalent Something excessive. to "corker"
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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He told her that she was a "corker," a "dream," and "one sweet song," and that the picture did not do her justice.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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Hazelton and Dan Dalzell, sure that Dick had a "corker" of a scheme, grinned as happily as though they had already seen it put through with a rush.
The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving 1895
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Nick Denton promised a story of the leak would publish later that night, and that it would be a real "corker" (blimey!).
Fast Company Dan Nosowitz 2010
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Nick Denton promised a story of the leak would publish later that night, and that it would be a real "corker" (blimey!).
Fast Company Dan Nosowitz 2010
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The five women initially forged a strong friendship while serving as “corkers,” a term for people who help block traffic with their bodies, bikes, or personal vehicles to allow protesters to safely march.
Portland’s protests made them friends. After the Normandale Park shooting, they became family. Alex Zielinski | Conrad Wilson 2023
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The five women initially forged a strong friendship while serving as “corkers,” a term for people who help block traffic with their bodies, bikes, or personal vehicles to allow protesters to safely march.
Portland’s protests made them friends. After the Normandale Park shooting, they became family. Alex Zielinski | Conrad Wilson 2023
oroboros commented on the word corker
"What a corker of an evening! A real lulu!"
January 30, 2007
grant_barrett commented on the word corker
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November 11, 2009
qms commented on the word corker
There is no bung or stopper referred
When this approving term is heard.
It's not a cork knocker
That's meant by "a corker"
But a way that high praise is conferred.
May 25, 2014