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Definition of Corkier
1. corky [adj] - See also: corky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkier
Literary usage of Corkier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"Refusal to comply with these words entailed a reference to corkier and the '
Inspector Sahib,' who would send in his constables, and, with the connivance of ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... pos- ssed ot several dwelling-houses and an infamous mper. corkier was an
Englishman, and any tempt on his ..."
3. The Diamond: A Study in Chinese and Hellenistic Folk-Lore by Berthold Laufer (1915)
"Edition of YULE and corkier, Vol. II, p. 361. * BRETSCHNEIDER, China Review, Vol.
V, p. 177. 4 Si yang ch'ao kung tien lu, Ch. c, p. ..."
4. The Congregational Year-book by Executive Committee, Publishing Committee (1903)
"corkier, D. o., Holbrook Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Practical Theology.
EDWARD I. BOSWORTH, i> n., ..."
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