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单词 cork-cutter
释义

cork-cuttern.

Etymology: < cork n.1 + cut v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcork-cutter.
1. One whose occupation is to cut cork into stoppers for bottles, bungs, etc.
ΚΠ
1709 London Gaz. No. 4574/4 Felix Oneall, Cork-Cutter.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 188 Her deceased better-half had been an eminent cork-cutter.
2. An instrument or machine for cutting corks.

Derivatives

ˈcork-cutting n.
ΚΠ
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 101 Many of the inhabitants, who were of the cork-cutting profession.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 952 In the art of cork-cutting the French surpass the English.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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