corker

(kôr'kər)
n.

1. One that corks bottles, for example.
2. Slang. A remarkable or astounding person or thing.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A machine that is used to put corks in bottles; (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.

Tutor's tip: The "caulker" (person who makes things watertight) and the "corker" (person who corks bottles) have some traits in common.

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noun
noun, NZ

1: An excellent or astonishing person or thing. (1882 —) .
R. D. Abrahams My girl's a corker (1969).

2: Used attrib or as adjective Splendid, stunning. (1937 —) .
D. W. Ballantyne The kids told Syd what a corker sixer it had been (1948).

[From earlier sense, something that closes a discussion, from the notion of 'putting a cork in it'.]

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See words rhyming with "corker."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fin fyr, fin ting

Nederlands (Dutch)
geweldig iemand/iets

Français (French)
n. - (GB) histoire épatante, coup de maître, type épatant, canon (femme) (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (slang) eine herausragende Person/Sache

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) ασίκης, τσίφτης, οτιδήποτε άριστο, μέγκλα, τεφαρίκι

Italiano (Italian)
tappabottiglie, meraviglia, che taglia la testa al toro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arrolhador (m)

Русский (Russian)
класс, решающий аргумент

Español (Spanish)
n. - historia absurda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - praktexemplar, pangsak, dräpande argument, grov lögn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
塞瓶的人或机器, 大谎言, 定论, 出色的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 塞瓶的人或機器, 大謊言, 定論, 出色的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마개를 막는 사람, 결정적 의론, 굉장한 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 栓をする人, とどめ, 素晴らしい人, 素晴らしいもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فتاة رائعه, فتاة ممتازة أو شي ممتاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שקר, טענה ניצחת, מצויין‬

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