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The rest of the time these actors go corky on their lines, overact operatically or sit and talk.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Stravinsky piece, he may have lacked the proper corky bite, but his Brahms had a propulsive, thunderous intensity that swept his audience into a roar of applause.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy," I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ribera.—Size above medium, oblong ovate; cracking qualities good; shell thin; kernel plump, light brown, free from the bitter, red, corky growth which adheres to the shell; meat yellow, tender, with rich, delicate, pleasant flavor.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
The sweet gum is a tall tree with a straight trunk, four to five feet in diameter, with slender branches covered with corky bark thrown out in wing-like ridges.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
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