cork-tipped
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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To navigate the world in it, Scheuermann manipulates a cork-tipped joystick with her chin.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018
The stage lights of Manhattan's Carnegie Hall glared down last week on a frail little man whose cork-tipped baton at first seemed to wave in a rhythm unconnected with the New York Philharmonic's.
From Time Magazine Archive
He conducts wholly from memory, with light, cork-tipped batons imported from Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senate, flicked some ashes from a cork-tipped cigarette, scanned the roomful of Washington newsmen and spoke softly.
From Time Magazine Archive
He indicated the floor, which was littered with stubs, mostly cork-tipped, though there was an occasional scarlet tip here and there.
From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice
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