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English Dictionary: corking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corking
adj
  1. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
    Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[ocir]rkt); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Corking}.]
      1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
  
      2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
  
                     Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp.
                                                                              Hall.
  
      Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to
               furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points,
               and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.
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