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corkages

corkages is the plural of corkage.

Meaning of corkage

Noun

corkage (countable and uncountable, plural corkages)

  1. A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
    • While the Black-nebs wanted only the tea and sugar cheap, and a drap brandy at a reasonable rate, I was hand in glove wi' them; and ga'e them ben the house to meet in, free o' a charge—save the natural corkage.1827, [Christian Isobel Johnstone], “The Exile”, in Elizabeth de Bruce. […] In Three Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC, page 224
    Synonyms:
    corking fee, opening fee

Questions about corkages

What is corkages the plural of?
Corkages is the plural of corkage.

Words near corkages in the dictionary

  1. cork woods
  2. cork-board
  3. cork-boards
  4. corkable
  5. corkage
  6. corkages
  7. corkball
  8. corkboard
  9. corkboards
  10. corkborer
  11. corkborers

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