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corer

[ kawr-er, kohr- ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that cores. core.
  2. a knife or other instrument for coring coring core apples, pears, etc.
  3. a device having a hollow cylindrical drill or tube, used for taking samples of earth, rock, etc., from below the surface of the ground or ocean bottom.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of corer1

First recorded in 1790–1800; core 1 + -er 1

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Example Sentences

They were luckier than the seven who were shot on this same corer in February.

Use any apple corer that will take the core out without breaking the apple.

As a shoe-horn I am sure it could not be surpassed, for the apple-corer end would do for that.

Many of these latter were from mail customers who had bought the apple corer and were dissatisfied with its operation.

If the fruit was hard and crisp, according to the letters of complaint the corer split the apple.

The apple corer improved, remodeled, in perfect working order and a success.

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