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Definition of Corker
1. Noun. (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person. "That story was a corker"
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
2. Noun. A machine that is used to put corks in bottles.
Definition of Corker
1. Noun. One who puts corks into bottles. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corker
1. one that corks [n -S] - See also: corks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corker
Literary usage of Corker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"He said it was to send 3000/. to the After some time spent in discourse to this
and the like effect, Mr. corker himself, together with nn under clerk of the ..."
2. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty ...by California, James Manford Kerr by California, James Manford Kerr (1905)
"corker VB. corker, 87 Gal. 643, 650, 23 Рас. Rep. 922. 11. ... corker, 87 Cal.
643. 648. 25 Рас. 922. 8. PROPONENT IS LIMITED In his proof to the marriage ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1865)
"[By James corker.] Oue sheet 4to [1680? Re-T7. CD printed in 1684 and in 1686.]
See pt. ip 6; Notes and Queries, 1st ser. vol. xp 253; in Some1^' Tracts ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"corker, JAMES or MAURUS (1636- 1715), Benedictine monk, was a native of Yorkshire.
He was brought up in the protestant religion, but was converted to ..."
5. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1853)
"payd to corker for ... and so he had but \xid. payd to corker for another fot
setting the moro after ... he hath pay to corker v*. payd to corker the iiiis. ..."
6. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Of Long Island, New York. Captain in the militia. Acknowledged allegiance in 1776.
Was an Addresser of Governor Robertson in 1780. corker, WILLIAM. ..."
7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"Stevenson, 46 NJL 173; Lewis v. Board of Education, 66 NJL 582, 50 Atl. 346 ;
and AÍ- lison v. corker, 67 NJL 596, 60 LRA 564, ..."
8. A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ...: Trials for Treason (1327 by John William Willis Bund (1882)
"corker. Can you name any one that saw me at that time 1 Bedloe. There was a whole
chapel full ... That is another place too, Mr corker. Lord Chief Justice. ..."
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