Show f tint woid wart cohr the american word corker mean ing a person or r thing thine of superlative quality Is only a slang use of a leg legitimate iti english word corker in its original sense meant a conclusive argument it probably originated from the finality which a cork thrust into the mouth of a bottle stops all egress or ingress of material in it the relegation of the word as used in america to the limbo of slang by the dictionary writers has neither weakened the word nor limited its use the word corker to Is a perfectly perfect li good word it expresses precisely a shade of meaning thit that needed to be expressed and the chances are that it will be a word of good and regular standing long after the bones of the mat last living dictionary writers have thoroughly bleach bleached ed NI milwaukee k ee sentinel |