Marvelous vs Corker - What's the difference?
marvelous | corker | Related terms |
(US) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
One who puts corks into bottles.
*1857 , , The Confidence-Man ,
*:Yes it is, Frank. Don't you see? Laertes is to take the best of care of his friends—his proved friends, on the same principle that a wine-corker takes the best of care of his proved bottles.
(informal) A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable.
*1889 , ,
*:Well, a body is bound to admit that for just a modest little one-line ad., it's a corker .
Marvelous is a related term of corker.
As an adjective marvelous
is (us) exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.As a noun corker is
one who puts corks into bottles.marvelous
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Alternative forms
* (UK ) marvellousAdjective
(en adjective)- I went to a marvelous party last week.
corker
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Noun
(en noun)chapter 30,
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,