Definition of "corker" [corker]

• One that corks bottles, for example. (noun)
• Slang A remarkable or astounding person or thing. (noun)

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• "A corker is something very special … almost one of a kind."
• "The corker was a woman who, in an initial interview, said she had never been sexually abused."
• "Accordingly, when put upon another boy's back to be horsed, as it was termed, he slipped a large pin, called a corker, in his mouth, and on receiving the first blow stuck it into the neck of the boy who carried him."