corked up
Example Sentences
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Oldendorf corked up the mouth of the strait with his old battlewagons, sent destroyers up ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does feel a bit more corked up in stock form compared to the others, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
The neat-herd king forthwith corked up the phial, and the ghost could not get out.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari
Through the operation of the British fleet, later augmented by an American war fleet, the German ships have been corked up in their home ports and chased from the seas.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly
It should be gathered in bud or blossom, and dried in a tin-kitchen at a moderate distance from the fire; when dry, it should be immediately rubbed, sifted, and corked up in a bottle carefully.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
