Conical or cylindrical-shaped plug that is pushed in the bottleneck of a (wine) bottle to stop it up.
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Examples for "stopper"
Examples for "stopper"
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Another says, I was surprised by how well this draft stopper works.
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Not infrequently one end of the handle terminated in a tobacco stopper.
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The seaman stationed at the stopper obeyed, and down went the anchor.
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And he filled the bottle with water and put back the stopper.
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I was warned to bring a wine bottle cork.
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Shave out a small stopper from a bottle cork for the large end of the quill.
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Her searching knocked a wine bottle cork to the floor, and it bounced into a corner.
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You know what a good thing; I made out of the bottle corks.
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I am glad to notice, too, that you keep your specimen wet, and your bottle corked.'
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An improved bottle stopper has been patented by Mr. Andrew Walker, of Cincinnati, O.
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Now, some 70 percent of all cork produced is used to make wine bottle stoppers.
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I'm talking about pretty little blond blue-eyed women like you see on carved bottle stoppers.
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Some of the best buys include wood turner Matt Jones's bottle stoppers and Ian Carty's horse-hair ceramics.
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Cork obtains the qualities needed for the production of wine bottle stoppers -its main application -only after the third harvesting.
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I always have thick boots;- Iamvery particular about that;-andcork soles.
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On the evening of the tenth day Burns put in the cork.
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Putting the cork in the bottle, he threw it upon the ground.
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However, The Winemakers' Federation of Australia denied cork makers were making inroads.
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I say 'sensed.' It bobbed about like a cork on a pond.
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The Doctor removed the cork and used tweezers to take it out.
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We also know the economy is like a cork on the ocean.
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Such comments have put the centuries-old practice of cork harvesting under pressure.
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Ford took the jug, pulled the cork, and sniffed at the opening.
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He was just like a cork in the neck of a bottle.
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The following hints will be found useful when boring holes in cork.
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Just as I drew the cork, the bell rang on the platform.
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Maybe she puts cork stoppers in them to keep the water out.
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The cork popped out of the bottle he had been struggling with.
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Granulated cork is added to concrete for thermal insulation and reduced weight.
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He sees the coxswain in his cork jacket kneeling over Captain Harry.
