Corks

Kittiwynk, Shiraz, Polaris, and a short high little bay fellow with tremendous hocks and no withers worth speaking of (he was called Corks) were being girthed up, and the soldiers in the background stared with all their eyes.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

The "Corks" were active buyers for home consumption, and after a violent passage of arms usually got what they wanted at a discount of ninety per cent. from the first offer.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

With many gestures and admirable poise he told his stories between the courses; the "Corks" laughed, but the laughter had an apologetic ring that did not speak well for its sincerity.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

"Corks" were all bobbing round in hopeless confusion, extending even to the outer gates at which we had entered the citadel.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

The "Corks" were invited to a reception in Jerusalem given by a native lady in her own home, surrounded by every luxury and refinement as these are known in Asia Minor.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

Once more we find jewels of great price, solid silver trophies (which before the slump in silver would have placed any honest man above the corrosion of carking care); and wood-carving by masters of the trade whose artistic feeling was graphically described by our learned guide -- known to the "Corks" as

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

We took a train entirely filled with the "Corks," and went up the Nile to Luxor, nearly five hundred miles from Cairo; some of the party were going to other places and would take their turn on the Nile later.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

It was Carnival Day when we arrived, and the motley crowds in the street, in variegated raiment, pelted the "Corks" with all kinds of flowers with the utmost good humor.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

One of the "Corks" fainted when he hit the embalmed beef zone and was taken to the rear in a red cross ambulance.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

Toward the end, some "Corks" would risk it and mix with the crowd on shore, but their clothes were literally torn off them in a few moments, which caused an immediate retreat.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne