cork up
Example Sentences
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A good mixer and orator, he likes to "pull the cork up in their throats at least once."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Kwangtung supply line, which the Japanese last week tried to cork up, is no single bombable pathway like the Burma Road.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, Peter! dear Lord Peter! cork up your men again!" they all cried.
From Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk by Howard Pyle
Cut the leaves two or three times in the season, and dry quickly, and put away in paper bags; or, better, pulverize and cork up in glass bottles.
From Soil Culture by J. H. Walden
The lenses are focused, i. e. brought to the right distance from the object viewed, by sliding the cork up and down on the rod.
From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Frederick Leroy Sargent
