corker

See also: Corker

English

cork +‎ -er

corker (plural corkers)

One who puts corks into bottles.
- 1857, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in The Confidence-Man‎:
  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.
(informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
Synonym: whopper
- 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Chapter XVI, p. 124
  Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker.
- 2012, Mark Griffiths, Space Lizards Ate My Sister!
  He had just had an absolute corker of an idea!

单词	corker
释义	corker See also: Corker English Alternative forms (something exceptional or remarkable): cauker, caulker (both archaic) Etymology cork +‎ -er Noun corker (plural corkers) One who puts corks into bottles. 1857, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in The Confidence-Man‎: 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. (informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable. Synonym: whopper 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Chapter XVI, p. 124 Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker. 2012, Mark Griffiths, Space Lizards Ate My Sister! He had just had an absolute corker of an idea! Anagrams Croker, croker, re-rock, recork, rerock, rocker
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