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Corky
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
corky
early 17c., "light, buoyant" (as cork is), hence, figuratively, of persons "lively;" from cork (q.v.). Of bottled liquors or wine, "having a flavor of cork," from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
corked (up) definitionand corky
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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