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noun (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
noun a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
originEtymology tree English cork Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English corker From cork + -er.
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