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
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
The neck of the bottle was not corked up: a way to the interior was now open.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry
Pick off the leaves of those which are to be used in cooking, pound and sift them fine, and keep the powder in bottles, corked up tight.
From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous
