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Corky

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

    "This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle."

  2. 2
    Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

    "Bind fast his corky arms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma. Australia, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cork (“stopper”) + -y.

Etymology 2

From cork (“injure by a blow”) + -y.

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