亚洲网紅露点

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corking

[ kawr-king ]

adjective

  1. excellent; fine.


adverb

  1. very:

    a corking good time.

corking

/ 藞办蓴藧办瑟艐 /

adjective

  1. slang.
    prenominal excellent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of corking1

First recorded in 1890鈥95; cork + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

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A corking Nancy Drew tale set in 1960s Galicia.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 always been part of the game,鈥 he said, 鈥渏ust like hitters have always been corking their bats.鈥

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"Something the patronne's daughter said. A corking row. She was rather splendid, you know. Showed her yellow card and demanded the patronne's daughter's too. I say it was a row."

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The MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross overlooking the river gives James Bond some exciting Thames moments in his corking speedboat chase at the beginning of The World Is Not Enough.

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Joe Jammer, who worked with the Expos for 11 seasons, told the Montreal Gazette he saw Rose corking his bat in 1984.

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