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corked en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/kɔːkt/ (UK)
Meanings
Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 554:
Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?