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corker

/kɔː.kə(ɹ)/

corker noun: one who puts corks into bottles.

Noun

corker (plural corkers)

  1. One who puts corks into bottles.
    • Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.1857, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in The Confidence-Man
  2. (informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
    • Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker.1889, Mark Twain, chapter XVI, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, page 124
    • "As a matter of fact," explained the young man, "the present tenant is under our notice to leave."
      "Unsatisfactory, eh?" said Carrados encouragingly.
      "He's a corker," admitted the clerk, responding to the friendly tone. "Fifteen months and not a doit of rent have we had. That's why I should have...1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
    Synonyms:
    whopper

Proper noun capitalized: Corker

Corker (plural Corkers)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms of corker

Forms of corker

Noun
pluralcorkers
alternative formcauker
alternative formcaulker
Proper noun
pluralCorkers

Plural of corker: corkers

Origin of corker

From cork + -er.

Questions about corker

What does corker mean?
Corker means one who puts corks into bottles.
What part of speech is corker?
Corker can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce corker?
Corker is pronounced /kɔː.kə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of corker?
The plural of corker is corkers.

Words near corker in the dictionary

  1. corked bats
  2. corked it
  3. corked off
  4. corked out
  5. corked up
  6. corker
  7. Corkerhill
  8. Corkern
  9. Corkerns
  10. corkers
  11. Corkery

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