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In some senses, corker is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
corker
noun 2name 1
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2ADJ.
absolute
CORKER + NOUN
idea
Definitions
noun
1
One who puts corks into bottles.
Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.
2
A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker.
He had just had an absolute corker of an idea!
name
1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.
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Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker.
Wiktionary03
He had just had an absolute corker of an idea!
Wiktionary04
That was a corker of an idea.
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