adjective
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Also: corky. (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
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(postpositive) a slang word for drunk
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When the priceless liquid is poured, the group is horrified by the odor: The wine is corked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
There are various types of flips that have unique names that don't spell out exactly what the trick contains - including wildcat, tamedog, backflip, frontflip, rodeo, backside rodeo and corked spin.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Tan: The first bottle we sampled was corked, so I returned it for a replacement instead of just dumping it down the sink.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
But Philippe Faure-Brac, the head of the French union of sommeliers, said that anosmia made it harder to work with chefs on new or more subtle pairings; worse, its victims cannot detect corked wines.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021
Alys placed the knife carefully beside the corked containers of herbal infusions.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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