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re-cork, v.|riːˈkɔːk| [re- 5 a.] trans. To cork again; to provide with new corks. Also fig.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 464/1 Such also are most liable to the aggressions of insects, and must frequently be re⁓corked. 1884Graphic 23 Aug. 207/2, I ordered the..bottles to be refilled, recorked, and served a second time. 1906Daily Chron. 3 Apr. 7/4 While he was recorking the bottle Dunstan picked up the glass. 1922Joyce Ulysses 523 (He uncorks himself behind: then, contorting his features, farts loudly.) Take that! (He recorks himself.) 1969E. Penning-Rowsell Wines of Bordeaux xviii. 271 The leading châteaux re-cork their reserves of old wines roughly every twenty-five years. |