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"Cork" Quotes from Famous Books

... cork one, if you like!" answered Sam, grinning and chuckling at his joke; "but ye see my timber one will serve me, I tink, till I'm laid under hatches. But I no wonder Billy in a hurry to go along—ha! ha! ha! I call de fine grand bo'sun ...

— True Blue • W.H.G. Kingston

... may have another talk soon," said the doctor, searching for a cork. "Some day I will tell you a few things that ...

— Thomas Wingfold, Curate • George MacDonald

... being over, the claret they ply, And ev'ry new cork is a new spring of joy; In the bands of old friendship and kindred so set, And the bands grew the tighter the more ...

— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

... her now, and she felt that they were drawing her secret from her as a corkscrew does a cork. At last it ...

— Dawn • H. Rider Haggard

... leaves, place in a bowl, pour over one quart of boiling water, let stand nine days, then strain, and to each quart of strained liquid add one pound of granulated sugar. Allow to stand until next day, when sugar will be dissolved. Pour into bottles, cork tightly, stand away for six months before using. Aunt Sarah had some which had been keeping two ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

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