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pull a cork
pull a cork
Have a drink. This expression dates from the days when homebrewed potent potables were stored in large jugs with cork stoppers. A suggestion that the contents be shared might have been phrased as “Hey, neighbor, you about ready to pull that cork?”
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| ÁSdÍS | | - | Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian |
| Sally | | ['sæli] | |
| Denice | | də-NEES | English |
| EncarnaciÓN | | en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| OlivÉR | | O-lee-vayr | Hungarian |
| Shifra | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |