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  1. One who puts corks into bottles.
1857 Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends -- his proved friends, on the same principal that a wine- takes the best of care of his proved bottles. " Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man'', http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=476042941&tag=Melville,+Herman,+1819-1891:++The+Confidence-Man,+1857&query=corker&id=MelConf Chapter 30.
  1. Something remarkable, something over the top.
1889 Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a ." " Mark Twain, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=645923653&tag=Twain,+Mark,+1835-1910:+A+Connecticut+Yankee+in+King+Arthur's+Court,+1889&query=corker&id=TwaYank? A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

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