Associations to the word «Corky»

Wiktionary

CORKY, adjective. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
CORKY, adjective. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
CORKY, noun. (AU) (slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").

Dictionary definition

CORKY, adjective. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port".

Wise words

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