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corkscrew

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  1. 1. n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a bottle opener that pulls corks Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. move in a spiral or zigzag course Source: wordnet
  5. 5. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens. Source: webster
  6. 6. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corksfrom bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solidnewel. Source: adambom
  7. 7. v:11/n:89 n. a bottle opener that pulls corks v. move in a spiral or zigzag course Source: ecdict

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