cork up
Example Sentences
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The Kwangtung supply line, which the Japanese last week tried to cork up, is no single bombable pathway like the Burma Road.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good mixer and orator, he likes to "pull the cork up in their throats at least once."
From Time Magazine Archive
Put in clear water and plug or cork up the hole.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
But suppose you was to cork up a bottle, or clap the lid on an empty biscuit-tin, and heave ’em overboard, do you think they’d live through one or t’other?
From The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew by Collingwood, Harry
"Oh, cork up that tuneless whistle," growled Minerva Powelton; "you make too much noise."
From The Adventures of a Freshman by Williams, Jesse Lynch
