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Corkscrew
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.