corking

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corking

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cork

adjective more corking · most corking

informal splendid, enjoyable, bang-up a wonderful all around ballplayer and a corking fine fellow

noun corkings

uncountable The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
countable, obsolete, uncountable A kind of pin. There were about forty lines; and such lines! of all sorts and sizes, like a paper of mixed pins, […] long and short, corkings and minikins, jumbled altogether!

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@misc{corking_2026,
  title = {corking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}