cork up
Example Sentences
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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
A good mixer and orator, he likes to "pull the cork up in their throats at least once."
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy
"Ay, ay," said Kate, smiling, "we may cork up the bottle, and lock it up, may we not, Daisy?"
From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Kavanagh, Julia
I tell ye there's a heap o' perfumes 'raound that ye can't buy at a flower-store and cork up in a bottle.
From The Under Dog by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
