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Definition of Corkwoods
1. corkwood [n] - See also: corkwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkwoods
Literary usage of Corkwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1897)
"The road to Ronda lies through the corkwoods of Ximena, leaving St. Roque on the
right hand ; such at least was the path selected by ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"... discharging firearms that are safer undischarged, and generally making day
hideous in the usually peaceful swamps and corkwoods that fringe the marsh of ..."
3. Life, Letters, and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, First Earl of Iddesleigh by Andrew Lang (1890)
"Yachting life not thoughtful—Gibraltar—The Spanish pride—corkwoods—A picnic—Malta—Port
Said—Nubar Pasha—The French Empress—Illuminations—The Canal and the ..."
4. India Revisited by Edwin Arnold (1886)
"Tarifa, its white fortress and pharos backed by corkwoods and the rocks and
ravines of yellow hills. On the other hand rise the spurs of Atlas, ..."
5. The Knights of England, France, and Scotland by Henry William Herbert (1852)
"... plunging into the shade of the dense corkwoods which clothed the whole descent,
followed the steep and zigzag path, by which he hoped ere long to reach ..."
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