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corkscrew

[kawrk-skroo] / ˈkɔrkˌskru /
















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She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

Others are just attention-grabbing oddballs, like Golden Curls, a corkscrew willow with twisted yellow stems.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“Here is the corkscrew, Signor Tenente,” the orderly said.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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