单词 | cork-cutter |
释义 | cork-cuttern. 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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